Back to the Basics?
Regarding Boeing’s plan to use electric power for gear retraction on the 787 (AW&ST Nov. 26, 2007, p. 49), I flew the Boeing 247D, which also used electric motors for gear retraction, for Avianca in the late 1940s. There was no automatic shut- off; when the pilot heard the motors start to load up...
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