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9/11 plane landing gear found in lower Manhattan
A part of the landing gear, apparently from one of the commercial airliners destroyed on September 11, 2001, is seen wedged between two buildings in New York in this handout photo released by the NYPD on April 26, 2013.
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Fokker Services performs Fokker 50 Landing Gear overhauls for Air Panama
At the first day of the ALTA Airline Leaders Forum in Panama City, the largest event of its nature for the Latin American and Caribbean commercial Aviation industry, Air Panama has signed a contract with Fokker Services for the landing… Continue reading
Norwegian Air Shuttle becomes Boeing’s Largest Landing Gear Exchange Customer
Boeing today announced that Norwegian Air Shuttle, the third largest low-cost airline in Europe , has become the largest customer for the Boeing landing gear exchange program with a new service contract covering an additional 15 Next-Generation 737s.
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Mitsubishi Aircraft Receives MRJ Landing Gear for Function Test
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has received the landing gear from Sumitomo Precision Products Co. Ltd. for use at the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet) in-house function test.
The landing gear consists of components such as shock strut, tire assembly and braking system.… Continue reading
Fokker Services extends Fokker 50 Landing Gear life to 72,000 flight cycles
Fokker Services has certified a 20 % Landing Gear life extension from 60,000 to 72,000 landings for the Fokker 50. This significantly reduces Direct Operating Cost (DOC) and allows more flexibility in fleet operation and maintenance scheduling. Additionally, Fokker 50… Continue reading
Airbus A350 XWB landing gear test bench ready for service
The A350 XWB’s main and nose landing gear test bench is ready for service at Airbus’ site in Filton, UK. This latest step in the A350 XWB’s progress is achieved more than one year before the aircraft’s first flight and… Continue reading
OceanAir signs multiyear Landing Gear Overhaul deal with Fokker Services
Fokker Services has signed a multi-year agreement with OceanAir Linhas Aereas S.A., doing business as Avianca in Brazil to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services on the airline’s Goodrich Fokker 100 LDG landing gear. With this agreement OceanAir follows other… Continue reading
Boeing 787 lands safely after landing gear trouble
Boeing’s new 787 wide-body plane, which just started carrying paying passengers, ran into its first technical glitch Sunday when the landing gear failed to deploy.
The pilots of Japan’s All Nippon Airways used “an alternate procedure that worked,” according to… Continue reading
Plane lands on its belly in Poland
Boeing 767′s landing gear fails to open as it reaches Warsaw airport carrying 231 people from Newark in the US
A Boeing airliner carrying 231 people from the US landed on its belly in Warsaw on Tuesday after its landing… Continue reading
First A350 XWB main landing gear set delivered to Airbus
Airbus has received the first set of A350 XWB main landing gear (MLG) produced by Messier-Dowty at Airbus’ A350 XWB landing gear systems test facility in Filton (UK). Delivery from Messier-Dowty of this MLG set for the A350-900 follows the… Continue reading
Boeing Expands Landing Gear Solutions Capability and Offerings
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has expanded its Landing Gear Overhaul and Exchange Program to cover the 777-200LR (Longer Range), 777 Freighter and 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes to provide more customers with greater service for landing gear support.
Boeing’s Material Services currently… Continue reading
KC-390 CARGO JET WILL HAVE LANDING GEAR BY ELEB
Embraer chooses Brazilian company to design and manufacture this system
Embraer has chosen ELEB Equipamentos Ltda. (www.eleb.net) to develop and produce the landing gear of the new KC-390 military transport jet. The contract was signed last week in São José… Continue reading