A landing gear for an aircraft, characterized by upper and lower pintle
frame members (38, 40) being connected to a telescoping shock strut (14)
in a non-rigid manner that tolerates twisting when reacting to torsional
loads applied to the landing gear, and/or by a pitch trim actuator (30)
that positions a landing gear truck (16) proportionally to the retraction
angle of a shock strut (14) during retraction and extension.