Pintle exotic metal alloys. For World War II aircraft with sideways-retracting main gear units, carefully set-up "pintle angles" for such axes of rotation during retraction and extension allowed the maingear struts to be raked forward while fully extended for touchdown and better ground handling, while permitting retraction into rearwards-angled landing gear wells in their wings to usually clear the forward wing spar for stowing while in flight. Pintle A pintle is a pin or bolt, usually inserted into a gudgeon, which is used as part of a pivot or hinge. Other applications include pintle and lunette ring for towing, and pintle
Bolt The Duer Bolt The Duer Bolt The Duer (foaled 2009) is a bay Standardbred racehorse who set or equaled two World Records for one mile. Bolt The Duer was bred at Carter Duer's Peninsula Farm in Lexington, Kentucky and would be purchased for $70,000 at the 2010 Harrisburg Yearling Sale. He was trained for owners John Como Sr. and John Jr. by Australian native Peter Foley for whom he won six of eight starts and $214,058 while competing as a two-year-old. On November 10, 2012, Bolt The Duer won the 57th edition of the Messenger Stakes, the third leg of the Pacing