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PRONUNCIATION OF LANDING GEAR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LANDING GEAR

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Landing gear is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LANDING GEAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

landing gear

Landing gear

Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft and is often referred to as such. For aircraft, the landing gear supports the craft when it is not flying, allowing it to take off, land and usually to taxi without damage. Wheels are typically used but skids, skis, floats or a combination of these and other elements can be deployed depending both on the surface and on whether the craft only operates vertically or is able to taxi along the surface. Faster aircraft usually have retractable undercarriage, which folds away during flight to reduce air resistance or drag. For launch vehicles and spacecraft landers, the landing gear is typically designed to support the vehicle only post-flight, and are not used for takeoff or surface movement.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LANDING GEAR

landgrave
landgraviate
landgravine
landing
landing beacon
landing beam
landing card
landing craft
landing field
landing force
landing ground
landing lights
landing net
landing party
landing speed
landing stage
landing strip
landing wheels
landladies
landlady

WORDS THAT END LIKE LANDING GEAR

bevel gear
combat gear
differential gear
double-helical gear
forward gear
gear
helical gear
high gear
in gear
out of gear
planet gear
reverse gear
riot gear
second gear
spur gear
steering gear
timing gear
to get into high gear
top gear
valve gear
worm gear

Synonyms and antonyms of landing gear in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «landing gear» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LANDING GEAR

Find out the translation of landing gear to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of landing gear from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «landing gear» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

起落架
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tren de aterrizaje
570 millions of speakers

English

landing gear
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लैंडिंग गियर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهبوط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шасси
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trem de pouso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ল্যান্ডিং গিয়ার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

train d´atterrissage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

gear pendaratan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fahrwerk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

着陸装置
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

랜딩 기어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gear landing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bộ bánh xe của phi cơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறங்கும் கியர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लँडिंग गियर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iniş takımı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carrello di atterraggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podwozie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шасі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trenul de aterizare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σύστημα προσγείωσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

landing gear
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

landningsställ
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

landingshjulene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of landing gear

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LANDING GEAR»

The term «landing gear» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.132 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about landing gear

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LANDING GEAR»

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1
The Mistress of Nothing: A Novel
Based on the real lives of Lady Duff Gordon and her maid, The Mistress of Nothing is a lush, erotic, and compelling story about the power of race, class, and love
Kate Pullinger, 2011
2
German Aircraft Landing Gear: A Detailed Study of German ...
Detailed book explores the landing gear systems of World War II German combat aircraft.
Günter Sengfelder, 1993
3
Introduction to Aircraft Aeroelasticity and Loads
The calculationsleadtoairframeinternal loads, together withlandinggearground, attachment andcomponent loads; the methodologies are similar to those for flight loads except that discrete landing gear loads are also present. As per flight loads  ...
Jan Robert Wright, Jonathan Edward Cooper, 2008
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Composite Skid Landing Gear Design Investigation
Kshitij Shrotri. Composite materials have also been used significantly in rotor blades since the 1970s. Aeroelastic tailoring of rotor blades is an active area of research. The Longbow helicopter currently uses an advanced metallic blade and ...
Kshitij Shrotri, 2008
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Landing Gear: A Novel
Guardian. newspaper in 2001 . A body had landed in a supermarketcarpark inLondon, not far from where I live. The two investigative journalists working on the story discovered that this young man was only the latest in a series of airplane ...
Kate Pullinger, 2014
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Airplane Flying Handbook: Federal Aviation Administration
The pilot may find it helpful to lower the landing gear to give the engine something to work against while power is reduced and provide time for a slow cool down. It may also be necessary to lean the mixture slightly to eliminate roughness at ...
Federal Aviation Administration, F.A.A., 2007
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Synthesis of Subsonic Airplane Design: An Introduction to ...
The inflation pressure of the tires and the configuration of the landing gear should be chosen in accordance with the bearing capacity of the airfields from which the aircraft is designed to operate. 3. The landing gear should be able to absorb ...
Egbert Torenbeek, 1982
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Proceedings
The skids do not turn the machine over on its end on account of the fact that the center of gravity is so high above the wheels. The plane used for the experiments was a Messenger. Releasing the landing gear is done by pulling a hand lever on  ...
‎1922
9
Aviation
Lawrence Sperry has added to his other achievements, the inventions of a skid device so constructed that by simple mechanical means the whole landing gear of his airplane is released and dropped to the ground and a landing is made on ...
‎1922
10
Runway overrun during landing American Airlines Flight 1420, ...
The weight distribution of the airplane was estimated according to the percent of total landing weight supported by the wings, the main landing gear, and the nose gear. With the spoilers deployed, about 20 percent of the airplane's total landing  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LANDING GEAR»

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Landing gear panel falls off Boeing 777 into Chinese suburb …
The US aviation giant Boeing says it has asked airlines to address a maintenance issue after a passenger jet's landing gear panel fell off after ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Video: 'Spitfire' pilot makes emergency landing at Peterborough …
The aircraft was flying above Sibson Airfield when the pilot radioed airfield bosses to say he could not release his landing gear on Saturday ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Plane makes emergency landing at Toowoomba airport …
SAFE LANDING: A plane successfully landed at Toowoomba Airport despite an initial problem with the landing gear yesterday. Nev Madsen ... «Toowoomba Chronicle, Jul 15»
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Boeing Warns of Aircraft Issue after Panel Falls on Shanghai
U.S. aviation giant Boeing said Saturday it has asked airlines to address a maintenance issue after a passenger jet's landing gear panel fell ... «Naharnet, Jul 15»
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Finance News Update, what you need to know | SBS News
WASHINGTON - US aviation giant Boeing has asked airlines to address a maintenance issue after a passenger jet's landing gear panel fell off ... «SBS, Jul 15»
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Enraptured with Raptors - Mesabi Daily News: Local
ELY — They are shown in “lift off” and “mid-flight,” in “holding patterns” and using their “landing gear.” And the aerial acrobatics of which they ... «Mesabi Daily News, Jul 15»
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First flight | Free the Words | :: The Kathmandu Post :: - eKantipur
The Comet did adopt innovative aspects of design namely, swept back wings, fuel tanks in the wings, main landing gear with four-wheel bogie ... «Kathmandu Post, Jul 15»
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Company Shares of AAR Corp. Drops by -4.06% | News Watch …
... repair and overhaul of aircraft and landing gear; design and manufacture of specialized mobility and cargo systems and composite and other ... «News Watch International, Jul 15»
9
New F-35 fighter jet roars into Oshkosh for EAA
... while the Navy will fly the F-35C, which features larger wing surfaces and reinforced landing gear to withstand aircraft-carrier launches. «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
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NTSB releases first report on Cessna, F16 collision | Local News …
The largest portion found was the Cessna's airframe, including a relatively intact portion of the fuselage aft of the main landing gear, and both ... «WYFF Greenville, Jul 15»

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