landing gear
noun
: the part that supports the weight of an airplane or spacecraft when in contact with the land or water
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Absolute Technologies, which originally began as a small machine shop in Santa Fe Springs making service repairs for Textron’s Bell Helicopters, makes landing gears, thrust reverser cylinders, flight control pistons, load transfer components and assemblies.
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Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
In another incident, a United flight that took off from San Fransisco and was heading to Japan made an emergency landing in LAX after one of the six landing gear tires on the Boeing 777-200 plane fell off.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
That includes wing components from Japanese and South Korean companies, rudders made in China and landing gear and engines from the United Kingdom.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Fuse plugs deflated on all four tires on the main landing gear, the NTSB said.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
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Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
In another incident, a United flight that took off from San Fransisco and was heading to Japan made an emergency landing in LAX after one of the six landing gear tires on the Boeing 777-200 plane fell off.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
That includes wing components from Japanese and South Korean companies, rudders made in China and landing gear and engines from the United Kingdom.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Fuse plugs deflated on all four tires on the main landing gear, the NTSB said.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Landing gear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing%20gear. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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