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Old 03-03-2008, 11:00 AM
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I believe the 747's have rear landing gear that will actually turn and line up with the runway durring an extreme yaw rate landing. Once the rear gear touches down both the gear and the rudder act to staighten out the plane before the nose gear touches down.
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