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Old 30th Apr 2017, 02:07
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Originally Posted by Hotel Tango
What about the left main gear?
The video shows they "buffed out" that damage during the landing. Nice shower of sparks.

I'd be interested to find out just where in the TO, retraction or flight sequence the wheel and tire departed the gear strut - the Westwind wheel fairs into the wing, but without a gear door for the actual wheel. And the wheel hangs down from the strut when stowed. In theory it could fall off at any time during the flight.

https://farm1.static.flickr.com/593/...ffaabfda_b.jpg
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