[bert]

I once wittnessed an A4 land gear up on a foamed runway at Cubi point. Slick as a ribbon the pilot eased into the foam and skidded to a stop without incident.


I used to fly the Cubi Point aero club T34 in the pattern with a C-5A doing touch and goes. It was tight, I mean really tight.

[CPOSharky]

I once wittnessed an A4 land gear up on a foamed runway at Cubi point.

I watched an A4 taking off a Cubi hit an air burble and it's gear retracted. Skidded a good distance on the external wing tanks heading for the fuel pits. Good thing it didn't get there.

Best guess is that the pilot had the gear handle up, hit the burble, weight-on-wheels said "airborn" and snatched the gear up.