The Boeing 767 has four wheels for both of its main landing gear (MLG) sets. Also known as bogies, these are the main support for the weight of the aircraft and are the first points of impact when the ...
The Boeing 737 has a set of two wheels for its nose landing gear and two sets of two wheels for the main landing gear. This is a common layout for single-aisle planes, shared by the Airbus A320, for ...
Airbus is to introduce an operational low-speed performance enhancement to the A330-900 towards the end of next year which will increase lift and reduce drag during climb. The improvement is achieved ...
On the far side of Velizy-Villacoublay air base, tucked away in the undulating landscape of Paris’s southwestern suburbs as the urban sprawl begins to give way to farmland, is a little heralded part ...
A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crashed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, in 2022 when its left landing gear collapsed, driving its wingtip against the ground and sparking a fire and two explosions.