The single door on the front landing gear bay is unique to the first F-35.
But if the pilot tells you the plane's landing gear is malfunctioning, you'll care more about landing safely than whether they're serving beef or salmon for dinner.
For no earthly reason, our landing gear held and our touchdown was not the tragedy it seemed destined to be.
A high-pitched whine, then a thump, signaled the deployment of the landing gear. The flaps dropped and the aircraft slowed drastically.
extendible landing gear
According to statements from the flight crew, flight 2811 was uneventful until the landing gear was lowered prior to landing at CMH.
He said: 'the chances of survival for a stowaway are very slim, particularly in the recess of the landing gear.
By pursuing a deal in a depressed market, he snagged the maker of brakes and landing gear at a bargain price.
As the hydraulic system creaked, the landing gear entered the locked position.
Suddenly one of the helicopters floundered, its landing gear snagged on the guy wire of a transmission tower.
Tires blew, steel snapped, and the landing gear folded. The burning aircraft teetered to port, then the belly hit the concrete and skidded along, trailing a torrent of hot white sparks.
Because of the lack of hydraulics, we are not sure our landing gear will lock, so the flight attendants will prepare you for a bumpy landing.
A spokesman for American Airlines says part of the plane's landing gear collapsed, and one engine on the right side fell off the wing from the impact.
The MiG-29K modifications included arrestor gear and stronger landing gear for carrier landings, folding wings and rust proofing to reduce corrosion from all that salt water.
The fire was on the landing gear of the Boeing 737.
A passenger plane flying from the United States to Poland with 230 people on board has been forced to land on its belly after its landing gear failed to open.
Airline Employee: There has been a mechanical malfunction with the landing gear.
Abstract: Fracture failure of junction crank arm of external cylinder retraction-extension actuator of landing gear of Y-7 aircraft is analyzed in this paper.
Of course, this causes issues for the landing gear provider, so both sides have problems to resolve.
