Only in a Skymaster!!!

[O. Lynn Justice]

In January of 2000, while downwind for landing with four passengers in Guatemala City, I discovered the gear wouldn't come down. I told the tower about my situation and we decided that I would fly to a holding area to work on the problem.

I worked on it for an hour and a half, while burning off fuel and giving opportunity for the big jets to land and takeoff. A pilot friend monitoring the tower frequency heard my demise and pulled out his movie camera and filmed my fly byes and my landing. I uploaded the movie to YouTube. Once in YouTube, search for: "Tricky No Wheels Landing Upgrade".

I don't believe any other plane could do a gear up landing without destroying the props and engines. No pilot of a standard twin would consider shutting down one engine and feathering the prop. And I don't know any other twin that sports a Luggage Pod that would hold the plane up. The only damage was to the luggage pod. An Easy Fix!

Lynn Justice