During the summe of 2010, my homebuilt, Melmoth 2, which had been flying for almost eight years, began to display a mystifying symptom. As I turned off the runway after landing, the main landing gear ...

To understand how a commercial jet's suspension works, it helps to first imagine a jet without suspension. The first aircraft landing gear systems were indeed that way. Engineers essentially welded ...

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In Part 1, we discussed properly checking windshield seals and nosewheel shimmy. Do your struts need servicing? When a business jet’s nose is lowered to the runway on landing, it is important that the ...