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Airbus A380 nose landing gear (consisting of a single 2-wheel bogie) 4 wheels, 2 axles: An Airbus A330's main landing gear (consisting of two 4-wheel bogies) 6 wheels, 3 axles: A Boeing 777's main landing gear (consisting of two 6-wheel bogies) 14 wheels, 7 axles: The Antonov An-225's main landing gear (consisting of two 14-wheel bogies)
On 10 January 2016, a B-52 overflew parts of South Korea escorted by South Korean F-15Ks and U.S. F-16s in response to the supposed test of a hydrogen bomb by North Korea. [236] On 9 April 2016, an undisclosed number of B-52s arrived at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, part of the military intervention against ISIL.
English: Landing gear of an aircraft, schematic view of the retracting mechanism. Filled circles are fixed relative to the airframe. Coloured arcs denote the locus of points. 1 Hydraulic Ram 2 Hinge Mechanism 3 Strut 4 Wheel Boss 5 Wheel . 6 Fuselage/Wing
B-52 54-2666. The B-52C used on the mission of Thursday January 7, 1971, with the call sign "Hiram 16", had been built in the summer of 1956 as one of thirty-five B-52C bombers. From 1952 to 1962 a total of 744 B-52s of all models were built. By January 1971, all thirty-one remaining B-52Cs were stationed at Westover Air Force Base near ...
On 6 November, a B-52B (tail number 53-0382) from the 93rd Bombardment Wing crashed and was damaged beyond repair upon landing at Castle AFB. The aircraft was performing touch and go landings and the latch on the landing gear lever failed resulting in the landing gear retracting while the airplane was still on the runway.
The NTSB said when the upper lock link broke, it allowed the lower lock link to swing down and prevent the landing gear assembly from moving. Investigators say a broken part in the landing gear ...
The landing gear represents 2.5 to 5% of the maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) and 1.5 to 1.75% of the aircraft cost, but 20% of the airframe direct maintenance cost. A suitably-designed wheel can support 30 t (66,000 lb), tolerate a ground speed of 300 km/h and roll a distance of 500,000 km (310,000 mi) ; it has a 20,000 hours time between overhaul and a 60,000 hours or 20 year life time.
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