Ground crew fixes retracable U/C on flyby!

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A Cessna Cutlass's retractable U/C was freed by a ground crew using a Jeep and a 12' pole!
See:- http://www.aero-news.net/news/genav.cfm?ContentBlockID=96049200-79c7-460a-bcb0-8b53468cb7f5&Dynamic=1
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I love this story. Maybe this will become a standard procedure. Then again ...

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Perhaps they got the idea from this incident...

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Do you have any information on that story, wysiwyg?

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whats wrong with the FAA, who cares if regulations were broken, what alternative was there?