Hey! I studied this thread, made some notes, wrote my piece, it was published, and what do you know - I ran into an Emirates A380 Captain who had read it and complimented me for "nailing the A380 landing gear."
I stood there smiling and thinking.....wait til the Ppruners hear about this! Thank-you! Thank-you! Thank-you!
p.s. I'm am not paid for these literary jaunts, but if I were, I'd buy you all a beer.