It makes the controls a little mushy at low speed, too.  No problem.  Like driving in the snow - you just have to pay attention. He moved the lever to bring the gear up, leaving the aircraft at full power to claw up to altitude as quickly as possible.  Clark scanned the instruments and saw nothing obviously awry, though it did seem odd to show nine thousand feet of altitude when you could still pick out individual people on the ground? Lionel, take it easy, she said.