How to Use landing gear in a Sentence

landing gear

noun

• Who are those Afghans who were on the landing gear of the plane and fell?
  — New York Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• One of the aircraft’s landing gear legs—the rear one on the left—decides to stay down.
  — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 24 June 2020
• The chief of these is the plane’s landing gear, which can be raised or lowered with a twist of the tail cone.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2023
• There is a piece of the landing gear of a plane that crashed into the World Trade Center.
  — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2020
• When the wheels retract, some stowaways are crushed by the landing gear.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• The video shows the nose landing gear bay doors were open, but the gear didn’t come down as expected.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2020
• Parts from the plane, including landing gear, were strewn across the street.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2021
• His Citabria monoplane had grazed the ground, smashing the craft’s landing gear.
  — oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2020
• The wing and landing gear were found nearly two miles from the main crash site, suggesting that the plane broke up in the air.
  — Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• The wing and landing gear were found just under two miles from the main crash site, suggesting that the plane broke up in the air.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
• There's even retractable landing gear and the cockpit opens to reveal five seats for the flight crew.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
• The missing panel was on the underside of the aircraft where the wing meets the body and just next to the landing gear, United said.
  — Claire Rush, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
• During a 2013 test, the craft failed to deploy part of its landing gear and skidded across the runway.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 23 June 2022
• The hydraulic system on the Boeing 777 runs key systems, such as the landing gear, flaps and brakes.
  — Gregory Wallace, CNN, 22 Sep. 2022
• The plane crashed upon takeoff from the tiny airport in the Pyrenees, losing a wing and its landing gear in the process.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2023
• That showed the nose landing gear doors were open, but the nose gear itself remained in the up position, Delta said at the time.
  — Teddy Grant, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2023
• That showed the nose landing gear doors were open, but the nose gear itself remained in the up position, Delta said.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 28 June 2023
• The officials who spoke to ABC News point to the plane’s flaps not being engaged and landing gear not put down.
  — Gio Benitez, ABC News, 17 May 2022
• The pivot points are twice as far apart, to make room for the engine pods and the main landing gear, so the swing wings are stubbier and don't need to swing as far.
  — Kevin V. Brown, Popular Mechanics, 8 Oct. 2020
• Scholl said the landing gear, for instance, was designed for takeoff and landing on over 600 routes around the world.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 26 June 2023
• The retractable landing gear also reduces drag for a faster, smoother flight.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2022
• The aircraft appears to be landing when the jet’s nose tips forward onto the ground and the front landing gear appears to snap off.
  — Dallas News, 15 Dec. 2022
• Delta plane lands without nose gear What goes up must come down – even without nose landing gear!
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• Because pilots might be tempted to fly it all the way down, the designers added a small landing gear.
  — Kevin V. Brown, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2021
• According to United Airlines, the twin-jet has six tires on each of its two main landing gear struts.
  — Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
• Some commercial airlines come in low and slow with landing gear down.
  — John Cox, USA TODAY, 22 May 2020
• The flight was much more successful than the first test in 2013 when the vehicle’s landing gear failed and caused the spaceplane to skid off the runway on touchdown.
  — Loren Grush, The Verge, 14 Aug. 2019
• In a video shared widely online, the jet bounces, its nose crashes into the ground, its front landing gear snaps off and a plume of smoke emerges as the plane slides on the runway.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• Repairs to the wings, landing gear and new propeller would follow.
  — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• Rutan made two passes over the viewing area and then turned around two more times as Yeager worked by hand to lower the landing gear.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024