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AC330 From Canada, joined Feb 2001, 317 posts, RR: 0
Posted (4 years 11 months 1 hour ago) and read 4646 times:

I have never seen an A320 in my life with 2 sets of wheels on the main landing gear....take a look....

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All of the A320's I have seen look like this....

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So does anyone know why this particular A320 has the extra wheels??

AC330

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Dtwclipper From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (4 years 11 months 1 hour ago) and read 4617 times:

It was my understanding that this was a special request by the airline for operating in less then perfect airports that are abundant on the sub-continent.

Alitalia744 From United States, joined Mar 2000, 4295 posts, RR: 46
Reply 2, posted (4 years 11 months 1 hour ago) and read 4613 times:

Indian Air ordered with wheels to land on less developed strips throughout the indian subcontinent.

Some see lines, others see between the lines.

B4real From United States, joined Aug 2003, 2439 posts, RR: 10
Reply 3, posted (4 years 11 months 1 hour ago) and read 4590 times:

Uh..... I hope Dtwclipper and Alitalia744 are joking because it looks to me like the second set of wheels is from another a/c in the background. In between the two sets of wheels you will see a blue engine nacelle of another a/c.

B4REAL, spelled like it sounds

Servisairkid From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (4 years 11 months 1 hour ago) and read 4561 times:

The above are correct. It was a question asked in Airliner World not long back and the reply was the airline ordered the extra set so the aircraft could be used for poor runways at smaller airports.

CPH-R From Denmark, joined May 2001, 4864 posts, RR: 5
Reply 5, posted (4 years 11 months 1 hour ago) and read 4557 times:

Nope, it's real enough - Indian Airlines was the only customer for this option. The problem was that some of the airfields that Indian Airlines flies/flew into couldn't support the weight of the A320 with a single bogey main gear. So in order for them to be able to fly the A320 there, they requested from Airbus a 2-bogey main gear.

Flyingbronco05 From United States, joined May 2002, 3768 posts, RR: 4
Reply 6, posted (4 years 11 months 1 hour ago) and read 4535 times:

Uh..... I hope Dtwclipper and Alitalia744 are joking because it looks to me like the second set of wheels is from another a/c in the background. In between the two sets of wheels you will see a blue engine nacelle of another a/c.

HAHAHA No no no! The first Airbus has 2 rear wheels and the second has 1 rear wheel. That's what they are talking about. Laugh out loud

[Edited 2004-12-14 15:28:10]

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AC330 From Canada, joined Feb 2001, 317 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (4 years 11 months 1 hour ago) and read 4534 times:

Ahhhh, very interesting. Makes sense though. Are they the only airline to have ever done this I wonder??

AC330

BmiEMA19 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2003, 91 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (4 years 11 months 1 hour ago) and read 4517 times:

Dtwclipper and Alitalia744 are completley correct. I'm sure another airline requested this aswell, can't think who at the moment though. As for B4real, that A330 in the background (possibly AIH / MYT on its way to the Maldives / Far East Asia?) is definetley a completely separate aircraft to the A320.

Dtwclipper From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 9, posted (4 years 11 months 1 hour ago) and read 4515 times:

B4real

"Uh..... I hope Dtwclipper and Alitalia744 are joking because it looks to me like the second set of wheels is from another a/c in the background. In between the two sets of wheels you will see a blue engine nacelle of another a/c."

We are talking about the A320 in the foreground, not the A/C behind it.

dtwclipper

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LY4XELD From United States, joined Mar 2000, 794 posts, RR: 6
Reply 10, posted (4 years 11 months 1 hour ago) and read 4506 times:

Uh..... I hope Dtwclipper and Alitalia744 are joking because it looks to me like the second set of wheels is from another a/c in the background. In between the two sets of wheels you will see a blue engine nacelle of another a/c.

Uh...take a look at the actual gear. The Aer Lingus A320 has one set of wheels on its MLG and the Indian Air A320 has 2.

That's why we're here.

By738 From Cocos (Keeling) Islands, joined Sep 2000, 1360 posts, RR: 1
Reply 11, posted (4 years 11 months 1 hour ago) and read 4495 times:

This has been discussed over and over before.

B4real From United States, joined Aug 2003, 2439 posts, RR: 10
Reply 12, posted (4 years 11 months 1 hour ago) and read 4408 times:

Ah... Okay, I'm back on earth now. Thanks everyone for clarification.

B4REAL, spelled like it sounds

Dtwclipper From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 13, posted (4 years 11 months ago) and read 4285 times:

B4real:

apology accepted.

dtwclipper

HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 27728 posts, RR: 60
Reply 14, posted (4 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 4130 times:

Do a search .........Its an old worn out Topic.

IA had specifically ordered the A320s with Bogie type gear because they had to operate from underdeveloped Runways in the country.Bogie gear helped distribute the weight over a larger area.
However recent acquisatons are the conventional Two wheeled gear.
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MEL
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Henpol747 From Mexico, joined Jun 2001, 579 posts, RR: 1
Reply 15, posted (4 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 4061 times:

Has another airline requested this 2-bogie main gear in another kind of aircraft? a 737, a 727?

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HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 27728 posts, RR: 60
Reply 16, posted (4 years 10 months 3 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 1855 times:

Has another airline requested this 2-bogie main gear in another kind of aircraft? a 737, a 727?

Never heard of it though,Apart from IA A320.
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MEL

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Solnabo From Sweden, joined Jan 2008, 200 posts, RR: 2
Reply 17, posted (4 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1777 times:

I got several pictures of IA A320 w 4 bogiewheels from a aviationmagazine 1993-4, they was brand new from TLS.

Dont know if this is same 320 though.

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777ER From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 9813 posts, RR: 22
Reply 18, posted (4 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1730 times:

B4real

Ah... Okay, I'm back on earth now. How was space? Laugh out loud

Which airports do Indian Air fly the A320s to?

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WindowSeat From United States, joined Sep 2003, 1273 posts, RR: 65
Reply 19, posted (4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago) and read 1436 times:

They fly them practically everywhere. Indian Airlines has many A320s configured with a double bogie. I flew the double bogie Bombay-Delhi and back, both of which are the country's most developed airports.

The pretty much use them as any other A320 in their fleet.

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Levent From Austria, joined Sep 2004, 1693 posts, RR: 4
Reply 20, posted (4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago) and read 1386 times:

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I remember reading a long while ago that McDonnell Douglas would have the MD-95 assemble in China, and the aircraft would also have four wheels on the main landing gear for the same reason as with this A320.

The same reason probably goes for the Tupolev Tu-154, meant as a copycat of the 727 but far better adapted to operations from rough airfields.

N754PR From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 21, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1315 times:

Any aviation fan should know the original Indian Airlines A320's had this special feature.

I'm not sure whats more funny, the people that don't know or the people that try and say its not true Nuts

Vimanav From India, joined Jul 2003, 1393 posts, RR: 17
Reply 22, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 1109 times:

Indian Airlines has many A320s configured with a double bogie

30 to be precise. 31 were ordered and one was lost in 1990. All these aircraft are registered VT-EP.. or VT-ES..

IC A320s seen with any other regn have two wheel bogies.

rgds//Vimanav

Widebody From Ireland, joined Aug 2000, 1126 posts, RR: 11
Reply 23, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 871 times:

...and just to add that the double bogie option will not be offered any more, the new IA A320's when delivered (even when ordered first?!) will come with a single bogie.....

A340600 From United Kingdom (England), joined Aug 2003, 3976 posts, RR: 59
Reply 24, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 841 times:

not this topic again! This is fast becoming the most worn topic at all, it has barely been a week since the last one!

Arghh

HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 27728 posts, RR: 60
Reply 25, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 613 times:

not this topic again! This is fast becoming the most worn topic at all, it has barely been a week since the last one!

Arghh

I guess the Search features dont work or the Posters dont search.I've already replied the same answer to this question 6 times this year Smile

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MEL

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