The SR-71 is perhaps the most iconic Cold War spy aircraft, famous for many record-setting flights. Seemingly impervious to ...

To avoid complacency, and a potentially life-threatening situation, a gear check is made three times prior to landing on any ...

The landing gear was lowered using the emergency extension procedure ... was necessary to avoid an aerodynamic stall and a runway overrun. Consequently the PIC set engine #1 and #4 to symmetric thrust ...

A Delta Air Lines Boeing 717, which landed "nose down" two years ago at North Carolina's Charlotte-Douglas International ...

during Tropical Storm Hilary after the left main landing gear collapsed on touchdown. Video recorded by a passenger captured the plane slamming into the ground at high speed. Sparks were seen ...

Revima, the large independent auxiliary power unit (APU) and landing gear MRO, has ambitions to add additional repair stations to keep up with its growth. Specifically, it aspires to have ones for ...

Modern airplanes are well-prepared for slowing down, thanks to speed brakes and spoilers. There is actually a difference ...

A Delta Air Lines Boeing 717 landed on its belly after a crack in a part of the supports for the nose landing gear kept it from extending, according to a National Transportation Safety Board final ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that a broken wire and hydraulic fluid leaks caused the landing ...

In Airbus aircraft like the discontinued A380, spoilers are even controlled by flight computers that manage extensions based on conditions like gear contact during landing. Speed brakes and ...

“Excessive grinding” during maintenance led to a metal pin cracking and eventually breaking causing the left landing gear to collapse on an Alaska Airlines flight in 2023, the National ...

A few years ago, [Pat] sent in a really nice gear position indicator for his Suzuki V-Strom. With a single seven-segment display , a small microcontorller, and wires tied right into the bike’s ...