Steve,
Nice job, like you said you both walked away smiling so good job in my book.  I
did have one question. You said "... was thinking at the time that I
needed to stay at the 120 knots so I would take the doors off."

For my own clarification, I was trained that the airspeed should be as slow as
possible when you go through the manual gear down and locked procedure.  In
fact I've got a line in my check list that indicates 87 knots when going
through the manual procedure.

I don't remember which Lancair you have.  Mine is a LNC2 360. Perhaps the 120
knot speed is for a different model Lancair.  What are other's thoughts?

Matt McManus
LNC2 360