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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Additionally, a photographic anomaly captured three months after the plane vanished in 1937 appears to show a landing gear on the Nikumaroro reef.
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 4 July 2025
Among the initial questions: whether the plane’s wing flaps and slats extended properly, and why the landing gear, which creates drag, remained down.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 16 June 2025
Sparks flew, a wing bent, and the landing gear snapped off as the silver Lockheed Electra 10-E plane smashed into the runway at Luke Field, outside Honolulu.
—Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Five of the baby mammals were found inside the plant near Montreal, which produces A220 airliners, sources told Reuters, after their mother was spotted climbing the landing gear of a jet being produced for a European airline.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 4 July 2025
Among the initial questions: whether the plane’s wing flaps and slats extended properly, and why the landing gear, which creates drag, remained down.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 16 June 2025
Sparks flew, a wing bent, and the landing gear snapped off as the silver Lockheed Electra 10-E plane smashed into the runway at Luke Field, outside Honolulu.
—Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Five of the baby mammals were found inside the plant near Montreal, which produces A220 airliners, sources told Reuters, after their mother was spotted climbing the landing gear of a jet being produced for a European airline.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
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“Landing gear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing%20gear. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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