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 ...

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 ...

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 ...