How do aircraft tyres straighten themselves when landing in a crosswind?
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Although far from standard (in fact, this may be unique to the B-52), the B-52 has the ability to slew its landing gear to the heading direction of the runway. This allows the bomber to land while crabbing through touchdown and rollout in high-crosswind conditions. Other aircraft are built with more robust landing gear that can easily take the loads associated with crosswind landings. As I understand it, the B-52, due to other unique aspects of its design, just couldn’t accommodate beefier gear (notice that the plane’s gear are all attached to the fuselage and grouped tightly).
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