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landing speed

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noun

  1. the minimum air speed at which an aircraft lands safely

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Top speed 92 m. p. h., landing speed 35.

From Time Magazine Archive

The landing speed would be terrific—nearly a thousand miles an hour.

From The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

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