alighting gear

noun

1. another name for undercarriage

Example Sentences

He broke propellers, frequently, to say nothing of wings and of alighting gear.

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A craft of such a type, also, when built specially for instruction, can be given a very strong alighting gear, and this makes for safety when a pupil is in his first tests, and may be guilty of an abrupt or rough descent.

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Main Landing Wheels--In an alighting gear, the wheels that take the chief shock in landing.

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Also the bicycle wheel alighting gear.

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It is probable that his machine will be equipped with a wheeled alighting gear, as the skids used by the Wrights necessitate the use of a special starting track.

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