bczoom said:
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The Air Force Accident Investigation concluded the pilots forgot to lower the landing gear. "
WTF
You're driving a B1B and you forget rule #1 and it cost us $8,000,000
Fire their asses!
What amazes me is that a $285 million aircraft that surely has an instrument landing system, and terrain following computers, and whatever other top secret systems, doesn't have an indicator warning that say "HEY DIPSHIT! IT APPEARS YOU ARE TRYING TO LAND WITHOUT PUTTING THE DAMN LANDING GEAR DOWN!"
Of course...perhaps they are using Windows to run the aircraft system. "You have pressed the Landing Gear Down button. Are you sure you wish to lower the landing gear at this time?"
Or maybe they got confused about the menu system that says "Takeoff->Land->Lower Landing Gear"?