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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An inspection of the aircraft’s wreckage found that about one-third of the fluid in the hydraulic systems in both the nose and right main landing gears was water, when there should have been none.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Over Logan International Airport, a Jet Blue A320 with landing gear down, prepares to land with blue skies overhead.
—Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
The incident comes almost a month after American Airlines passengers at Denver International Airport were forced to evacuate a plane when the landing gear caught fire shortly before takeoff.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
The image shows the drone from the rear, with its landing gear down and split rudders deployed, a configuration consistent with takeoff or landing.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Over Logan International Airport, a Jet Blue A320 with landing gear down, prepares to land with blue skies overhead.
—Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
The incident comes almost a month after American Airlines passengers at Denver International Airport were forced to evacuate a plane when the landing gear caught fire shortly before takeoff.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
The image shows the drone from the rear, with its landing gear down and split rudders deployed, a configuration consistent with takeoff or landing.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025
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“Landing gear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing%20gear. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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