A notable feature of the landing gear was the ability to pivot the main landing gear up to 20 from the aircraft centerline to increase safety during crosswind landings.
One thousand colonies comprising 500000 housing units would not only provide shelter to low income groups but also gear up activities in allied industries.
According to maintenance personnel a wire to the nose landing gear squat switch was chaffed and grounded which caused the system to be signaled for gear up at all times.
