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In a message dated 11/12/2001 11:18:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, lancair.list@olsusa.com writes:

<< I have installed a "squat defeat" switch next to the gear locked lights  ...  This ... is most useful when checking the gear operation on jacks. >>

I've seen this once before, except it was a "guarded switch" with a red cover that must be lifted before activating, and it was located behind the instrument panel.  It was never intended to be used in the air -- only when the plane was on jacks.

- Rob Wolf

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