In the rear with the GEAR
 

Except for higher gross weights and automatic Body Gear Steering,, they are identical. :ok:

B767LH, could you explain this please? :I always understood that a 747 could land with any one main gear up and should be able to remain upright enough not to damage an engine pod, barring a serious adverse crosswind maybe.

Just the opposite. My employer does exactly what Boeing calls for, so if they now want us to land on "all available" I suspect that is the current Boeing thinking.

i'm glad to read this post as i saw the above mentioned aircraft being towed at JED on three main gears, which i put down to a hallucination, having spent 21 days without alcohol and pork.

cheers :ok:

thanks 742 for explaining that...so Boeing says to land on whatever is hanging down...ok

I do recall, as do you, that it used to be that you landed on the body gear only in this situation.

I wonder what changed?

B767Longhaul,

Body gear steering gives 13 degrees max pivot either direction, IIRC, but you land with it locked straight ahead. I would think you would just stop straight ahead, get towed off the field and go have a cold one.

But what do I know, it always worked perfect for me. It is however, located right next to the anti-skid switch and you can guess what happened one day when the arriving captain was told at high speed to "expedite clearing the runway" and grabbed the wrong guarded switch..... :eek: Closed Ohare's only open runway at the time! Looked like a ship wreck with most of the tires blown and the outer pod engine almost touching the ground.

His sheepish Response was: "Hey Guys, it can happen...."