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The Concorde at the National Air and Space Museum s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. #281806363
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The Concorde at the National Air and Space Museum s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Concorde has a tricycle landing gear layout, with a nose gear and 2 main gear. Separate from this configuration is a tail bumper gear that is fitted to prevent any damage to the fuselage and engine nacelles, should the aircraft suffer too high a rotation angle during take off or landing. Concorde's landing gear differs from those on other aircraft for several reasons: The nose gear is situated behind the flight deck, making taxing different to a normal aircraft and it also retracts forwards. The Main gears shorten during the retraction process, otherwise they would be too long to fit into the bays. Both the main and nose gears are fitted with spray guards that prevent water being flung up and into the engine intakes.
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