An Aviation Safety Staff Report

Just like the arguments over which is the better alternative between high-wing or low-wing, or choosing between tricycle gear and a taildragger, there’s no simple answer to the question of when you should raise the gear after takeoff in a retractable gear airplane, or when you should lower it again for landing.

Things usually become widely accepted because they work, which would especially apply to the critical procedural sequences related to landing an airplane. However, very few, if any, can be considered sacrosanct and there are always other ways to do things. …