Service Difficulty Reports detail various landing gear issues across multiple aircraft models, including Beechcraft, Boeing-Stearman, Cessna, Diamond, and Piper. Common problems involve structural ...

The author's homebuilt aircraft developed a mysterious symptom where one main landing gear strut appeared to "collapse" after landing, causing the wing to slump, only to slowly re-extend while taxiing ...

UTC Aerospace Systems, a subsidiary of Hartford’s United Technologies Corp., said it has won a contract to manufacture landing gear for the new Boeing 737 MAX. The company will make the nose and main ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration has followed Brazil’s lead in requiring US carriers to address a landing gear issue affecting more than 300 US-registered Embraer 135 and ERJ145 regional jets.

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 ...

The pilot of a small twin-engine plane burned fuel to make an emergency landing at Fort Worth Alliance Airport late Wednesday afternoon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The plane was ...

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 ...