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The guys name was Jack Malloch. Never knew him but I flew DC8s for Affretair for a few years.

There was a second Viscount incident a couple of years later. The guys were doing a training sortie which involved flying the plane close to the stall and to prevent nuisance warnings they disabled the stall warning horn which unfortunately is the also the undercarriage warning horn. Needless to say when they made the approach and the gear was not lowered by mistake, the good old horn did not go off. The first they knew of it was when there was a strange noise on touch down and the tarmac was a bit closer than usual.
The pilot has been known a "Three Greens Grimes" ever since.
(for those who dont know most planes have three green lights on the instrument panel showing the position of the undercarriage - lights on = gear down)