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Old October 14th 05, 12:16 AM
Michelle P
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Several reasons:
Certification costs.
You need the tires to give and flex on landing. Cars do not need this
since the do not land.
Large airplanes have dial tires per gear. Redundancy.
Michelle

Skylune wrote:

..still amazed that my car has run flat tires, but planes don't. More
60's technology flying around. Astonishing.