Boeing B-50 Superfortress caterpillar track landing gear - GIF

Boeing B-50 Superfortress caterpillar track landing gear.

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Previously:

<div style="display:inline-block; white-space:normal;"><span style="display:inline-block; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px; margin:0 15px 20px 0;"><img src="https://homemadetools-images.s3.amazonaws.com/hmt/1688777664_excavator_track_link_assembling_thumb.jpg" style="width:150px; height:100px; object-fit:cover;"><br><span style="display:inline-block; height:60px; overflow:hidden;">Assembling an excavator track link</span></span><span style="display:inline-block; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px; margin:0 15px 20px 0;"><img src="https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net/tooltalk_17383738937991.jpg" style="width:150px; height:100px; object-fit:cover;"><br><span style="display:inline-block; height:60px; overflow:hidden;">Transporting a tracked excavator on dollies</span></span></div>

I was just getting ready to comment about what a goofy Idea something like that would be because of the complexity the dozens of bearings required the springs of shock dampeners and the fact that the tracks would probably be a 1-time use after landing. then I decided to do a search. It seems for once the Airforce used logic and scrapped the project after only a few tests
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/air...ding-gear.html

There are the rare moments of clarity, Frank.