An aircraft landing gear bay door 140 including an attachment mechanism suitable for pivotally mounting the door to an aircraft, a first side 141 arranged to face inwardly in relation to the aircraft landing gear bay when the door is closed and face towards one side of a main leg of the landing gear when the door is open and the landing gear is deployed, and a second opposite side 142. The shape formed from the first and second sides provides an aerofoil profile of the door. The invention also provides an aircraft landing gear arrangement 100, an aircraft 1000, methods of operating an aircraft and a method of reducing noise.


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    Title :

    AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR BAY DOOR


    Contributors:
    SCOTTO ALINE (author) / ITASSE MAXIME (author) / BÜSCHER ALEXANDER (author) / PERKINS CHRISTOPHER (author) / MANN ALAN (author) / IP KEVIN (author) / LYONS NEIL (author) / MILLS ROBERT (author)

    Publication date :

    2023-05-25


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / G10K Tonerzeugungsvorrichtungen , SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES



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