US investigators have attributed a Red Air Boeing MD-82’s main landing-gear collapse and runway excursion to ineffective shimmy dampening during roll-out, after the jet touched down in Miami. The ...

Picture this: You're on a plane, minutes away from either leaving the ground or touching down at your destination, when you suddenly feel a strange vibration. Maybe you're not flying in extreme ...

Theres probably not a pilot out there with more than a couple dozen hours in basic tricycle airplanes who has not felt the infamous and alarming nosewheel shimmy. The other near-universal experience ...

Cary, NC-Runway surface irregularities, tire non-uniformity, and worn landing gear components induce oscillatory motion in aircraft nose wheels during takeoff, landing, and taxiing. This oscillation, ...