FOUR-WHEEL LANDING GEAR ON LARGE AIRCRAFT.—NewIy-developed four-wheel main landing gear is being installed on United States B-36 super-bombers at the production plant at Fort Worth, Texas. The eight 56-inch wheels distribute the plane’s weight more evenly than the two 110-inch wheels on the experimental XB-36 bomber. This improved weight distribution, coupled with shortened landing runs resulting from reversible-pitch propellers, will enable the bomber to use a greater number of airfields. These photographs show the two types of landing gear in position.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25364, 11 December 1947, Page 3
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81FOUR-WHEEL LANDING GEAR ON LARGE AIRCRAFT.—NewIy-developed four-wheel main landing gear is being installed on United States B-36 super-bombers at the production plant at Fort Worth, Texas. The eight 56-inch wheels distribute the plane’s weight more evenly than the two 110-inch wheels on the experimental XB-36 bomber. This improved weight distribution, coupled with shortened landing runs resulting from reversible-pitch propellers, will enable the bomber to use a greater number of airfields. These photographs show the two types of landing gear in position. Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25364, 11 December 1947, Page 3
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