Goodyear Flight Special II 18x5.5 (PN 185F81-1)

[mshac]

Originally Posted by cjordan

Went with a 18x5.5 Goodyear flight eagle a couple months back. Way more quality than is needed, but was able to source.

Those are the same tires as specified for 20-series Learjets landing at 120 knots. I would imagine they would last for a good while on a Skymaster!

[Learjetter]

I thought this might be of some educational value to the group.

https://www.goodyearaviation.com/res.../tirecare.html

I couldn't get the actual 2.77Mb PDF to upload, so this is a link to download the PDF.

Also: preferred airparts has two new, old stock 18x5.5 on eBay as of 6/17/2022. Search for “185F81-1”

[Learjetter]

Another update (Oct 2023): shipped old casing to Desser in Sept 2023, they retread-ed it and shipped it back late Oct 2023 for $174 total.

Update:

Ordered a main tire from aircraftspruce in march 2022. It shipped and arrived in June 2023.

Was $298 when ordered, but they charged me $360 when it shipped.

YMMV

-LJ