nose wheel
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Pictures appear to show the aircraft with a collapsed nose wheel sitting on the runway.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
The captain managed to use the nose wheel tiller to keep the plane near the runway centerline until the pedals unstuck.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
To cap it all off, on Jan. 20, the nose wheel of a Delta Boeing 757 plane came off and actually rolled away while the plane taxied on the runway.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2024
A Boeing 757 plane operated by Delta Air Lines lost a nose wheel as it prepared to take off from Atlanta’s main airport on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
Close by the nose wheel he slipped and steadied himself by the shaft which reaches down to the wheel’s hub.
From Space Platform by Leinster, Murray
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