Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for taxiing, takeoff or landing. For aircraft, it is generally needed for...
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Conventional landing gear, or tailwheel-type landing gear, is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the center of gravity...
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Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has a single nose wheel in...
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Landing gear extenders are devices used on conventional or tailwheel-equipped aircraft. They move the wheels forward of the landing gear leg by 2-3 inches...
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A belly landing or gear-up landing occurs when an aircraft lands without its landing gear fully extended and uses its underside, or belly, as its primary...
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There are other related systems that use nets to catch aircraft wings or landing gear. These barricade and barrier systems are only used for emergency arrestments...
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Landing Gear is the fifth solo studio album by American rapper Devin the Dude. It was released on October 7, 2008 via Razor & Tie. Recording sessions took...
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In September 2007, two separate accidents due to similar landing gear failures occurred within three days of each other on Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft...
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reducing thrust and/or inducing a greater amount of drag using flaps, landing gear or speed brakes. When a fixed-wing aircraft approaches the ground, the...
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Safran Landing Systems, formerly Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, is the world's largest manufacturer of aircraft landing gear, and is involved in the design, development...
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instrument approach in inclement weather, the aircraft's right main landing gear failed to extend and the captain decided to continue the approach while...
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tailwheel landing gear-equipped aircraft, the attitude is set for touchdown on the main (front) landing gear first. In the case of tricycle gear-equipped...
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Scott Burke executed an emergency landing in the Airbus A320-232 at Los Angeles International Airport after the nose gear jammed in an abnormal position...
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Beechcraft Musketeer (section Landing gear)
fixed-gear configuration prevented using full advantage of the extra power of the injected Lycoming. The obvious solution was retracting the landing gear and...
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four-place version of the two-place PA-17 Vagabond, with conventional landing gear, a steel tube fuselage and an aluminum frame wing covered with fabric...
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wheel, violently struck the underside of the wing, damaging parts of the landing gear – thus preventing its retraction – and causing the integral fuel tank...
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Tailhook (section Arresting gear)
adjustable hydraulic-based arresting gear arrangement, which proved capable of absorbing the energy of aircraft landing not only at higher speeds but greater...
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Cessna 182 Skylane (section Retractable gear)
landing gear, and is the second-most popular Cessna model still in production after the 172. The Cessna 182 was introduced in 1956 as a tricycle gear...
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Virgin Atlantic Flight 024 (category Airliner accidents and incidents involving belly landings)
to make an emergency landing at London Heathrow Airport after the left main landing gear failed to deploy. During the crash landing, the aircraft was damaged...
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rear axle or wheels of vehicles, but also found in both front and main landing gear of aircraft. A "semi trailing-arm" (or semi trailing-link) is a common...
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emergency landing at Frankfurt Airport, Germany, after a malfunction in the nose gear. The flight landed safely but blew both front nose gear tires. The...
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is a narrow-body (single aisle) aircraft with a retractable tricycle landing gear, powered by two wing pylon-mounted turbofan engines. It is a low-wing...
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LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 (category Airliner accidents and incidents involving belly landings)
on 1 November 2011 made a successful gear-up emergency landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport, after its landing gear failed to extend. All 231 aboard survived...
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between two components like the fuselage and wing. Fixed landing gear junctions Landing gear fairings reduce drag at these junctions. Flap track fairings...
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United Airlines Flight 232 (redirect from The Impossible Landing)
pressure to the landing gear is lost, the gear will fall down slightly and rest on the landing gear doors. Placing the regular landing gear handle in the...
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developed from the 1948 Cessna 170 but with tricycle landing gear rather than conventional landing gear. The Skyhawk name was originally used for a trim package...
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They communicate with landing pilots by voice radio and light signals. The arresting gear officer is responsible for arresting gear operation, settings...
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Arado Ar 234 Blitz (section Landing gear design)
Arado did not use retractable landing gear. Instead, the aircraft was to take off from a jettisonable tricycle gear-style trolley, referred to as a...
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Aircraft systems (section Landing gear system)
swashplate, allowing the pilot to maintain or change attitude as required. Landing gear systems for larger aircraft are usually hydraulic for powered retraction/extension...
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Cessna 152 (section Landing gear)
tricycle landing gear. The main gear has tubular steel legs surrounded by a full-length fairing with a step for access to the cabin. The main gear has a...
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