Landing gear Exercise 1

the assembly of wheels, shock absorbers, struts, etc., that supports an aircraft on the ground and enables it to take off and land.

the steel frame, wheels, engine, and mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, to which the body is attached. 

a wheel fitted to the forward end of a vehicle, esp the landing wheel under the nose of an aircraft. 

the process of obtaining information about the position, activities, resources, etc., of an enemy or potential enemy; a preliminary inspection of an area of land before an engineering survey is made.

an aeroplane whose undercarriage includes a tailwheel or tail skid rather than a nose wheel. 

a support for the tail of an aircraft when on the ground. 

a thick piece of rubber which is fitted onto the wheels of vehicles. 

a rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression. 

a streamlined enclosure on an aircraft, not part of the fuselage, to accommodate an engine, passengers, crew, etc. 

an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves.