>Darn.......no wonder all these people are putting themselves>into crates these days, instead of the old fashioned "hiding>in the gear bay". >>Its unfair.....the gear bay should be pressurised, just incase>someone decides to stow away there.>>If I die in the gear bay on my next trip.....I'm sueing.>>:) :)You're more likely to be crushed during retraction than to die from lack of pressurization. ;-)And on pressures, it varies by aircraft. CL-601, for example, is 151psi in the nose and 205psi in the mains.

Speaking of the open wheel wells on the seven-three, why is it that Boeing elected to go that way? It is the only modern airliner I can think of that does not have doors to cover the landing gear. Certainly no other current Boeing product is like that. I understand the trade-offs: the doors would add extra weight and more moving parts that require maintanance, but they also reduce drag and keep dirt and debris from collecting in the wheel wells. Since the vast majority of airliners today use these doors, I assume that the pros of having them gernerally outweigh the cons. Just curious.Andrew