Definition of "landing gear" []

• The components of an aircraft or a spacecraft that support the weight of the craft and its load and give it mobility on ground or water. (noun)

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• "His hand groped automatically for the landing gear but then drew back—no time, belly-landing, where was the bottom?"
• "In his first and only flight in the Bell X-5 in October 1955, shortly after beginning his job at the HSFS, the landing gear door fell off during takeoff."
• "A-19 became the “safe for solo” check flight and A-20 the first solo in the North American SNJ, the most famous of all World War II trainers, with retractable landing gear and a radial engine of 600 horsepower."