Regarding gear-up accidents:
A)pilots frequently lowered the landing gear instead of the flaps after take-off.
B)lt. alphonse chapanis dicovered the cause of the problem in 1975.
C)the flap control knobs were replaced by beer tap handles.
D)shape-coded wheel and flap controls are still used today.

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Shape-coded controls for wheels and flaps were introduced to reduce gear-up accidents by making the controls more intuitive, thus improving cockpit safety. This design change has been maintained in aviation to help prevent such accidents.

Regarding Gear-Up Accidents