Well I never...!

[Paul K]

Never knew the Airbus A-340 had an extra undercarriage bogey on the centreline..






Is that configuration unique ?

[Garry Russell]

Only the later ones 500,600 due to weight

The earlier ones had a double wheel centre main undercarriage.

On the subject of Airbus......

Many folks don't know about the bogie option on the A.320, which AFAIK was only taken up by Indian Airlines

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Indian-A ... 1656061/L/

[DaveB]

Well I'll be! I knew about the centre bogie on the big girl but A320 option is a new one for me

Good one Garry

ATB

DaveB

[Garry Russell]

Indian's earliest were like that but the later ones were the normal twin units

[Chris Trott]

The bogie option on the Indian Airlines planes was to allow them to land the aircraft on the sub-standard runways they operated into that were long enough, but couldn't handle the weight of the A320's. As the infrastructure within India has improved, the need for this option has been removed.

[DaveB]

Makes sense CT

ATB

DaveB