Maru, the team's mechanic, replaces Dusty's original undercarriage with two pontoons fitted with retractable undercarriage wheels for his new role as a firefighter.
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For the innovation of developing a hydraulic retractable undercarriage for the Airspeed Courier, and his work on R100, Shute was made a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
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The prototype Finnmark made its first flight on 17 September 1949, as a pure flying boat, being fitted with its retractable undercarriage in the winter of 1951 52.
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It was a development of the Lockheed Sirius with a retractable undercarriage, and was the first Lockheed aircraft and one of the first aircraft designs with a fully retractable undercarriage.
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It was a development of the Lockheed Sirius with a retractable undercarriage, and was the first Lockheed aircraft and one of the first aircraft designs with a fully retractable undercarriage.
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The Model 264 was an updated and modernized P-26, differing in having fully cantilever wings, wing flaps, enclosed " greenhouse " canopy, and retractable undercarriage.
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The "'Bernard ( or SIMB ) V . 3 "'was a proposed, unbuilt development with a retractable undercarriage and a Lorraine-Dietricht engine.
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The design formed the basis of the "'Northrop 3A "', almost identical to the XFT except for a retractable undercarriage, which first flew in 1935.
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The Courier was the first British aircraft for many years to incorporate a hydraulically operated, retractable undercarriage and was used ( by Alan Cobham ) to pioneer in-flight refuelling.
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Altogether Tiltman designed about 15 different types of aircraft . He was elected Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1933 for his design of the Airspeed Courier with its retractable undercarriage.
