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TIL...B52 airplanes are massive. Because of the of the B-52s massive side surface area and low-slung wing, crosswind landings are especially challenging. With this issue in mind, Boeing engineers built the B-52s two main tandem landing gear with a genius feature—they swivel. This feature was kept secret for years after the Stratofortress introduction into service. The pilot simply dials in the runways heading via a rotary dial in the cockpit and the gear will remain properly aligned with a selected compass heading throughout the jets approach. I wonder why they dont do this on large commercial aircraft? See it in action here... youtu.be/TCUHQ_-l6Qg
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 03:34:45 +0000

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