As low budget films go, they needed someone to handle props for the 2nd unit Ariel team so, I spent many weeks dressing up pilots and other extra cast members in WWII flight gear for the aerial shots in the movie.

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In general, AVIC joint ventures and subsidiaries make parts and assemblies for engines, avionics, aircraft wings and tails, nose cones, flight decks, landing gear, fuel systems, hydraulics and the fuselage itself.

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The AAIB said that the captain had inspected the right main landing gear before the flight and had not noticed any abnormalities.

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These are the worst times for ski travel, with inflated airfares, jacked-up rates for accommodations, overcrowded slopes and lift lines, and shortages of everything from rental gear to top flight instructors.

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This bay sits beneath the flight deck and behind the nose landing gear.

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His first rocket plane flight in the Bell X-1B experienced a nose gear failure on landing.

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Air traffic control contacted the flight crew and when the captain asked the senior stewardess to inspect the right landing gear area, she was then told of the loss by passengers.

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Yes, tweaking the landing gear will cause the plane to miss its departure window and maybe even cancel the flight entirely.

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