landing speed
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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This involves predicting the “compression” that occurs between each pair of aircraft as the lead plane decelerates to its landing speed.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2022
CEO Elon Musk said that the rocket's landing speed was close to the maximum the vehicle can handle.
From The Verge • Jun. 2, 2016
Authorities said on Monday that Asiana Airlines flight 214, which smashed onto the runway on Saturday after a flight from Seoul, was going "significantly below" its target landing speed of 137 knots.
From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2013
By deflecting the flap the pilot can slow the plane to a landing speed of 50 m.p.h. �a remarkably slow rate for a plane which cruises so fast.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was fitted with a 120 horse-power Austro-Daimler engine, and was characterised by an exceptionally wide range of speed—the great wingspread gave a slow landing speed.
From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles
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