Landing
Meanings and phrases
landing
- an intermediate platform in a staircase
- structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods; landing place
- the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface)
- the act of coming to land after a voyage
n.
- a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion
- On 1 November 1944 the amphibious landing near Vlissingen commenced.
- Brolo was the scene of an amphibious landing during the Battle of Sicily in World War II.
- The offensive came to an abrupt end when the Red Army staged an amphibious landing at Kerch.
n.
- the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory; Shiloh; battle of Shiloh
n.
- using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc.; blind flying
n.
- an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft)
- It flies over Canada and finally makes a crash landing on a frozen Alaska river.
- German machine gunners shoot down three aircraft; Roy and Monte survive a crash landing.
- Disaster strikes when the plane's controls fail and Gaby is forced to make a crash landing in the Bush.
n.
- an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control; forced landing
- The flight made an emergency landing at Manchester Airport.
- Andres attempted an emergency landing near Landsmeer, Amsterdam.
- Due to the incident, the crew had to conduct an emergency landing.
n.
- an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control; emergency landing
- Li radioed in that he was going to attempt a forced landing.
- On 16 March, he made a forced landing at Almorox following combat damage sustained by his He 70.
- The plane made a forced landing at the nearby cricket ground, which caused damage to the aircraft.
n.
- an aircraft landing made entirely by means of instruments
- Runway 13/31 has an instrument landing system.
- The airport is equipped with an instrument landing system.
- Since 2013 the airport operates a CATII instrument landing system (ILS).
n.
- naval craft designed for putting ashore troops and equipment
- At Cowes, "Prince Henry" embarked the 528th Flotilla of landing craft.
- Officers and men trained on nearby beaches to use various landing craft.
- Two water tankers, each holding , arrived on 21 September on landing craft.
n.
- a place where planes take off and land; airfield; flying field; field
- The Aerodrome acted as a relief landing field for CFS Debert that was located nearby.
- Red lights denote an airway beacon between landing fields while green denotes a beacon adjacent or upon a landing field.
- The HH-3 was struck by enemy fire, losing hydraulic pressure, and forcing the pilot to head for an emergency landing field.
n.
- an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground
- Conventional fixed landing gear, with a rear skid.
- Conventional fixed landing gear with a tail wheel.
- The landing gear was conventional, with a rear skid.
n.
- a part of a ship's company organized for special duties ashore
- Thomas Dover led the landing party that met Selkirk.
- Also with landing party assisting Army in Jolo.
- The landing party splits up and explores their surroundings.
n.
- structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods; landing
- The island had no landing place with sheer cliffs rising on all sides.
- The village of Barakoma near the island's southeastern tip was selected as the landing place.
- Since 2002, it has been the landing place of the natural gas from the Ormen Lange (gas field) gas field.
n.
- platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded
- Due to a storm surge, a landing stage on Barrow Island sustained minor damage.
- The club shares a landing stage with St Leonard's School Durham who occupy the adjacent boathouse.
- The original College landing stage was too close to the weir and has been abandoned for many decades.
n.
- an airfield without normal airport facilities; airstrip; flight strip; strip
- It also had a landing strip for small airplanes.
- Batken International Airport started its operations in 1958 as a landing strip.
- Kerben Airport started its operations in 1950s as a landing strip in the then Karavan.
three-point landing
- a landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time
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- The coordinates of the landing site on Mars are: .
- Normandy was therefore chosen as the landing site.
- Gale Crater was the MSL landing site in 2012.
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- The tricycle landing gear made for excellent visibility while taxiing.
- The F-15 has a spine-mounted air brake and retractable tricycle landing gear.
- The model B is a high-wing, fixed tricycle landing gear, twin engine aircraft.
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- The tricycle landing gear made for excellent visibility while taxiing.
- The F-15 has a spine-mounted air brake and retractable tricycle landing gear.
- The model B is a high-wing, fixed tricycle landing gear, twin engine aircraft.
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- While tied to the post, he metamorphoses into an insect and flies overhead before landing in the crowds.
- The bees left England in September 1862, spending 79 days at sea in Woodbury hives before landing at Melbourne.
- He went through several trials in Romania, before landing a contract with Liga I side FC Botoșani in June 2014.
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- He was division officer aboard the cruiser and the tank landing ship .
- USS LST-991 USS "LST-991" was an "LST-542"-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy.
- SS Empire Broadsword Empire Broadsword was a Type C1-S-AY-1 infantry landing ship built in 1943 as Cape Marshall.
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- Landing gear options are tricycle gear, conventional landing gear and floats.
- The Polen Special is a low-wing monoplane with retractable conventional landing gear.
- The Atlantis is a two-seat side-by side low wing aircraft with conventional landing gear.
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- Those engagements took place in an area southwest of the landing zone.
- Syrian artillery from the nearby village Irneh shelled the landing zone and seriously wounded one Israeli.
- The friendly ground force, pinned down by enemy fire, had been unable to reach and secure the landing zone.
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- The plane suffered structural damage to the main landing gear and the lower fuselage.
- The main landing gear, housed in the nacelles behind the engines, were raised and lowered hydraulically.
- It then struck the ground again, shearing off the main landing gear and displacing the nosewheel rearward.
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- Landing gear options are tricycle gear, conventional landing gear and floats.
- The Polen Special is a low-wing monoplane with retractable conventional landing gear.
- The Atlantis is a two-seat side-by side low wing aircraft with conventional landing gear.
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- The landing force boarded their ships and moved towards their next targets.
- These forces carried on board four CAMS 37 flying boats and an Army landing force.
- Courbet nevertheless did what he could to give Lespès a respectable landing force.
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- It covers and includes a helicopter landing area, a lake, and a tennis court.
- The landing area is long by wide; it is angled at 8 degrees off of the ship's axis.
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- The aircraft's droop-nose lowered to provide visibility during takeoff and landing.
- Devices must be held or put in the seat-back pocket during the actual takeoff and landing.
- The helicopter was conducting takeoff and landing drills and had taken off from the destroyer Setogiri.
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- The plane suffered structural damage to the main landing gear and the lower fuselage.
- The main landing gear, housed in the nacelles behind the engines, were raised and lowered hydraulically.
- It then struck the ground again, shearing off the main landing gear and displacing the nosewheel rearward.
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- Runway 13/31 has an instrument landing system.
- The airport is equipped with an instrument landing system.
- Since 2013 the airport operates a CATII instrument landing system (ILS).
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- He was division officer aboard the cruiser and the tank landing ship .
- USS LST-991 USS "LST-991" was an "LST-542"-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy.
- Likewise, in 1943 he was head of the acceptance mission for the "LST-1"-class tank landing ships in New Orleans.
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- It will also aid in the selection of future landing sites.
- At the first MSL Landing Site workshop, 33 potential landing sites were identified.
- The island was one of 33 emergency landing sites worldwide for the NASA Space Shuttle.
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- The mission-loaded LM weighed , compared to for the Apollo 11 LM which made the first landing.
- A DC-3 Dakota of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) undertook the first landing on 17 September 1954.
- As the spacecraft designated for the first landing attempt were still being assembled, this was not done.
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- The government of Singapore deployed two helicopter landing ships there.
- All dock landing ships are named after cities or important places in U.S. and U.S.
- The RAN's landing ships and , purchased in 1994, were still being refitted, and were unavailable.
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- The precise first land sighting and landing point was San Salvador Island.
- Gibtelecom is also a partner in the EIG cable system, which will have a landing point in Gibraltar.
- Anchored apart in Port Pleasant, the landing ships were near Fitzroy, the designated landing point.
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- This control is both during launch and upon landing.
- He was informed of the news by coach Frank Rijkaard upon landing.
- The only injury was suffered by Wetzel, who broke his leg upon landing.
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- Ares V would have placed the Altair lunar landing vehicle into low Earth orbit.
- A more advanced version of the EMU was used for the lunar landing on Apollo 11.
- Skylab was the only launch not directly related to the Apollo lunar landing program.
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- There are also a number of helicopter landing strips.
- The building also has a helicopter landing pad at the roofdeck.
- However, nowadays there are a few helipads (helicopter landing pads).
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- Phoebus B is the same as model A except that model B has retractable landing gear.
- Two sets of retractable landing gear were built and tested, but were sold to other homebuilders.
- It has two 100 hp Rotax 912S piston engines, variable pitch propellers, and retractable landing gear.
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- His expertise was in fact indispensable for successful landing operations.
- The naval expedition leaves Lisbon on 24 April, with the landing operations starting on 26 April.
- On the eve of America's entry into World War II, CAA began to extend its ATC responsibilities to takeoff and landing operations at airports.
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- Phoebus B is the same as model A except that model B has retractable landing gear.
- Two sets of retractable landing gear were built and tested, but were sold to other homebuilders.
- It has two 100 hp Rotax 912S piston engines, variable pitch propellers, and retractable landing gear.
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- TRANSPAC-1 was part of the network that supported the Apollo 11 moon landing mission in 1969.
- In 1914, Henri Stahl published "Un român în lună" ("A Romanian on the Moon"), themed around the possibility of a moon landing.
- During the moon landing, Armstrong carried with him a fraternity badge, which he subsequently donated to the General Headquarters of the fraternity.
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- He was division officer aboard the cruiser and the tank landing ship .
- USS LST-991 USS "LST-991" was an "LST-542"-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy.
- USS LST-517 The USS "LST-517" was a tank landing ship in the service of the United States Navy during World War II.
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- The landing ground was also temporarily operated by No.
- Work began on creating a landing ground at Folks Wood, Lympne in the autumn of 1915.
- Work began on creating a landing ground at Folks Wood, Lympne, in the autumn of 1915.
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- Daisy Cutters were used to primaily clear landing zones and to eliminate mine fields.
- Players are able to traverse the game world or deploy directly to landing zones that allow for different approaches.
- On 14 July as CH-46s inserted the 2/1 Marines into four landing zones around Tay Bang An they came under fire damaging seven helicopters.
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- The fortress at the end of the southern landing beaches (a.k.a.
- Similar positions were crafted along the stretch of landing beaches.
- At the end of the first day, the Americans held their stretch of landing beaches, but little else.
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- The building also has a helicopter landing pad at the roofdeck.
- The hospital opened a helicopter landing pad in 2009 to receive cardiac and stroke patients.
- Precaution must be taken in view of the active helicopter landing pad, located on the west side of the summit.
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- There are also a number of helicopter landing strips.
- The landing strips are also very precarious.
- Opened in 1933 with five grass landing strips, the main strip 5000 ft long.
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- After an extensive bombardment, XIII Corps began landing during the night of 2/3 September.
- On 2 June 1944 it embarked at East India Docks, London, bound for Normandy and began landing on 7 June (D + 1).
- He set sail in June 1776 and began landing troops on Staten Island near the entrance to New York Harbor on July 2.
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- However, the radio equipment was lost during the landing.
- A circular approach was used to lose altitude during the landing phase.
- The burn lasted 367 seconds and simulated the throttle pattern to be used during the landing on the Moon.
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- Andres attempted an emergency landing near Landsmeer, Amsterdam.
- On 1 November 1944 the amphibious landing near Vlissingen commenced.
- On 29 June 1942, during the Black Sea campaign, a number of MTMs supported a diversionary German landing near Balaklava.
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- The severely damaged aircraft made a safe landing at Nörvenich Air Base.
- William brings the aircraft in to a safe landing and rushes Tommy to the hospital.
- On 11 May 1943 their first signal was picked up in Cairo, reporting their safe landing and that they were on the run.