Since we're on the subject of Airbus landing gear, there's an example of some of this in the foyer of the Science Museum in London, and an impressive lump of stuff it is too. However, there's a rather odd sticker on it with the word GROUND in big official letters and an arrow pointing to the, er, ground. I took a picture...
This amused me and my son on our recent visit, as we thought the a/c should have some more sophisticated and convenient indicators for which way was down. Or was it there to give the stowaways something to think about as they commenced their personal descent to the supermarket car park?
What is it there for? Is it some electrical connection point -- presumably the steel nipple on the handle -- for the bloke who scurries out and clips on the static discharge line? In that case, why not use the universal garden-rake symbol for electrical earth?
R