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Experimental
continuous tracked
landing gear
on a
Convair B-36 Peacemaker
. The gear was intended to spread out the weight of the B-36 to allow it to land on softer
runways
, but was abandoned in favor of the conventional four-wheeled
bogie
.
Photo credit:
United States Air Force
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