Abstract: An improved magnetic head carriage and support apparatus including a carriage body a lower head supporting arm affixed to the carriage body and carrying a gimbaled mounted lower head, an upper arm pivotally connected to the carriage body and movable between a retracted position and a media engaging position in which a stop is engaged. The upper arm carries an upper head that is also gimbal mounted and head load is applied by a light weight flexure spring such that when the upper arm is in the media engaging position the head are free to move relative to the supporting arms as either the media moves out of it mid-plane or the carriage moves towards or away from the media mid-plane.