Ed Landing (born 10 August 1949 in Milwaukee) is an American geologist and paleontologist. As an undergraduate, Landing studied at the University of Wisconsin...
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Moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA, possibly...
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Apollo 11 (redirect from 1969 moon landing)
Orloff 2000, p. 106. Orloff 2000, p. 109. Jones, Eric M., ed. (1995). "The First Lunar Landing". Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Journal. NASA. Archived from the...
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The landing flare, also referred to as the round out, is a maneuver or stage during the landing of an aircraft. The flare follows the final approach phase...
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The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord...
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Apollo program (redirect from Apollo Moon landing)
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men on the Moon from 1968 to 1972. It was first conceived in...
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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 both...
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Amphibious assault ship (redirect from Landing platform amphibious)
ashore. Most of these ships can also carry or support landing craft, such as air-cushioned landing craft (hovercraft) or LCUs. The largest fleet of these...
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Commission on Stratigraphy. Archived from the original on 2023-07-21. Ed Landing, Shanchi Peng, Loren E. Babcock, Gerd Geyer, Malgorzata Moczydlowska-Vidal...
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Landing craft are small and medium seagoing watercraft, such as boats and barges, used to convey a landing force (infantry and vehicles) from the sea to...
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Landing Ship, Tank (LST), or tank landing ship, is the naval designation for ships first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious...
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Amphibious warfare ship (redirect from Landing ship)
shore-to-shore technique, where landing craft go directly from the port of embarkation to the assault point. Some tank landing ships may also be able to land...
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In aviation, the instrument landing system (ILS) is a precision radio navigation system that provides short-range guidance to aircraft to allow them to...
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Battle of Inchon (redirect from Inchon landing)
that essentially belong[ed] to the Navy and the Marines." The Marine Corps staff, who were to be responsible for leading the landing at Incheon, were not...
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Prep & Landing is an American animated television special, based on an idea by Chris Williams at Walt Disney Animation Studios and developed by Kevin...
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such as the Harrier), no runway is needed. Takeoff is the opposite of landing. Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying aircraft or spacecraft...
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The landing craft, tank (LCT) (or tank landing craft, TLC) was an amphibious assault craft for landing tanks on beachheads. They were initially developed...
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which are described as landing ship dock (LSD). Preston, p. 535 Preston, Antony (1995). "United Kingdom". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All The World's...
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A landing ship, infantry (LSI) or infantry landing ship was one of a number of types of British Commonwealth vessels used to transport landing craft and...
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Scale". stratigraphy.org. International Commission on Stratigraphy. Landing, Ed; Peng, Shanchi; Babcock, Loren; Geyer, Gerd; Moczydlowska-Vidal, Malgorzata...
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Newport-class tank landing ships were an improved class of tank landing ship (LST) designed for and employed by the United States Navy from 1969 to 2002...
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ISSN 0031-0182. Retrieved 2024-03-26 – via Elsevier Science Direct. Ed Landing, Gerd Geyer, Adam C. Maloof, Martin B. Brasier, Samuel A. Bowring (2013)...
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The landing at Suvla Bay was an amphibious landing made at Suvla on the Aegean coast of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire as part of the August...
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Go-around (redirect from Balked landing)
In aviation, a go-around is an aborted landing of an aircraft that is on final approach or has already touched down. A go-around can either be initiated...
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104th Infantry Division. On 27 August 1944, he departed New York City, landing in Cherbourg, France, on 7 September 1944. He earned a European-African-Middle...
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Runway (redirect from Airplane Landing Field)
runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a human-made surface (often asphalt...
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his film debut in 1962, in the Elvis Presley vehicle Kid Galahad. Before landing his role with Mary Tyler Moore, Asner guest-starred in television series...
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The Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) were several classes of landing craft used by the Allies to land large numbers of infantry directly onto beaches during...
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The Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), also known as Launch and Landing Facility (LLF) (IATA: QQS, ICAO: KTTS, FAA LID: TTS), is an airport located on Merritt...
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behind, landing onto shore in the mid-morning. During the landing, they had been spotted by the Cuban coast guard, after which news of the landing was relayed...
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