; Landing gear: On a fifth-wheel trailer these are two jacks that are usually coupled together and are motor driven, that lift the front of the fifth-wheel trailer up so that the truck can be driven under the front and hitch-up.

Landing gear usually includes wheels equipped with shock absorbers for solid ground, but some aircraft are equipped with skis for snow or floats for water, and / or skids or pontoons ( helicopters ).

* Landing gear extender

Fullerton served as project pilot on the NASA / Convair 990 aircraft which has been modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft to test space shuttle landing gear components.

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Landing gear for the Airbus A400M

: Landing gear fairings reduce drag at these junctions.

** Landing gear design, manufacture, and support

Landing gear extenders are devices used on conventional or tailwheel-equipped aircraft.

Landing gear extenders are optional factory equipment on the Cessna 120 and 140.

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* Landing gear of an aircraft, referred to as gear in the aviation industry

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Ross, a Scot who had arrived in San Francisco from Australia in 1848 and made his fortune in the wholesale liquor business, set up a trading post called " Ross Landing ".

Ross, a Scot who had arrived in San Francisco from Australia in 1848 and made his fortune in the wholesale liquor business, set up a trading post called " Ross Landing ".

On February 18, 1897, Green's Landing was set off and incorporated by the Maine State Legislature as Stonington, named for its granite quarries.

Each troop would comprise three officers and 62 other ranks ; this number was set so each troop would fit into two Assault Landing Craft.

A training establishment for parachute troops was set up at RAF Ringway near Manchester on 21 June 1940 and named the Central Landing Establishment, and the initial 500 volunteers began training for airborne operations.

The Landing Craft Tank ( Rocket ), LCT ( R ), was a LCT modified to carry a large set of launchers for the British RP-3 " 60 lb " rockets mounted on the covered-over tank deck.

Some host segment locations are: The Notz Landing Diner located in Golden, Colorado at the Heritage Square Amusement Park ; The Drugstore in Pueblo, Colorado ; locations within Elitch Gardens Amusement Park in Denver ; and a specially built set at the Comcast Media Center near Denver.

Landing at Table Bay on 26 November 1810, after stormy weather had prevented a landing for 13 days, he set about planning an expedition into the interior, leaving Cape Town in June 1811.

In 1872, the Hudson's Bay Company built an outpost called Smith's Landing at the most southern set of rapids.

The miniature Shuttle and Landing Bay were built by Greg Jein The Shuttle was also built as a full-sized prop berthed in a full-scale Hangar Deck set.

Luigi and Angelo Capello, a set of near-identical twins, appear in Dawson's Landing in reply to an ad placed by Aunt Patsy, who is looking for a boarder.

Wilson is a lawyer who came to Dawson's Landing to practice law, only to find himself unable to set up a profitable law practice due to the townsfolk's low opinion of his intelligence and common sense.

The UK government's aviation research facilities including the Blind Landing Experimental Unit ( BLEU ) set up during 1945 / 46 at RAF Martlesham Heath and RAF Woodbridge to research all the relevant factors.

The basic concept of autoland flows from the fact that an autopilot could be set up to track an artificial signal such as an Instrument Landing System ( ILS ) beam more accurately than a human pilot could – not least because of the inadequacies of the electro-mechanical flight instruments of the time.

The first story, called ' Crash Landing ', is set at some point after The Prime Minister's Brain,

Daughters of the Dust is set in 1902 among the members of the Peazant family, Gullah who live at Ibo Landing on St. Helena Island, South Carolina.

In order to efficiently route its trains to points south of Washington, the B & O set up a car float operation at Shepherds Landing, which carried freight cars across the river to Alexandria, Virginia.

Next, the Mazaruni River flows past Oranapai Rapids, Kamakusa Landing, the mouth of Merume River, Banana Landing, Tiboku Rapids, the mouth of Equeribisi River, Issano Landing, the mouth of the Puruni River, Kaburi rapids, Marshal Falls, the last set of rapids, Itabali Landing, the mouth of the Cuyuni River, then, near the village of Bartica, finishes into the Essequibo River, the largest river of Guyana.

Landing wheels up on land may damage the keel ( unless done on wet grass, a technique occasionally used by pilots of pure flying boats ), while landing wheels down on water will almost always flip the aircraft upside down, causing substantial damage.

Landing is then accomplished on skids or similar other simple devices.

* Race2Space. org-Advancing the Privatization of Space Travel 2006, Race2Space, in partnership with the X Prize foundation, is seeking sponsorship in order to support the privatization of space travel, research, and exploration for the upcoming Lunar Landing Challenge Contestants October 2006.

On 20 August 1990, the 22nd MEU and support elements were relieved by the Company " K " of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment ( designated as Battalion Landing Team 3 / 8 ) a part of the 26th MEU26th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked on the US Whidbey Island.

Army LCM-8 Landing Craft were used as forward deployment and support platforms for the Navy boarding parties and were the first regular Maritime assets to the port of Umm Qasr, moving as far north as Basara on the inland waterways collecting intelligence for allied forces.

* Landing Craft Support, amphibious landing support ship, from World War II

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Subsequently, he was a member of the support crew for the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests conducted at Edwards Air Force Base.

Overmyer was awarded the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal in 1969 for duties with the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program ; awarded the Marine Corps Meritorious Service Medal in 1978 for duties as the Chief Chase Pilot and support crewman for the Shuttle Approach and Landing Test Program ; received an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree from Baldwin Wallace College, December 1982 ; awarded the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School Distinguished Engineers Award, January 1983 ; the Distinguished Flying Cross ( 1983 ); and the NASA Space Flight Medal ( 1983 ).

The Landing Craft Flak ( LCF ) was a conversion of the LCT, intended to give anti-aircraft support to the landing.

Landings at the " Terceras Landing " in the Azores Islands 25 May 1583, was a military feat as the planners decided to make a fake landing to distract the defending forces ( 5, 000 Portuguese, English and French soldiers ); also special sea going barges were arranged in order to unload cavalry horses and 700 artillery pieces on the beach ; special rowing boats were equipped with small cannons to support the landing boats ; special supplies were readied to be unloaded and support the 11, 000 men landing force strength.

The Alhucemas Landing on 8 September 1925, performed by a Spanish-French coalition against rebel Kabilas in the north of Morocco, was a landing where tanks were used for the first time ; air naval gunfire support were employed by the landing forces, directed by spotting personnel with communication devices.

U. S. Navy support also included a Landing Ship Tank ( LST ), the destroyer USS Saufley, and smaller vessels such as landing craft and motor whaleboats from nearby Naval Station Key West.

Landing Ship, Tank ( LST ) was the military designation for naval vessels created during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying significant quantities of vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto an unimproved shore.

Besides support for Imperial Japanese Army operations, the Navy operations involved many landing operations by the Special Naval Landing Forces along the coasts and rivers of the Republic of China, French Indochina and along the Yangtze River and its tributaries.

The commitment included three Landing Ship Tanks ( LSTs ), medical teams, C-130s, military observers and logistics support.

* LVT ( A )- 4 Ronson: ( 1944 ) With full tracks, some armor, and a turret, arguably the Landing Vehicle Tracked was a swimming light tank ; this was a fire support version with M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage turret but the 75 mm howitzer replaced with the Canadian Ronson flamethrower.

Birks ' unit was incorporated into the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and was sent into action at the Landing at Anzac Cove, providing medical support for the 2nd Infantry Brigade.

The office provides Engineering and Program support to the 787 program, while the manufacturing facility final-assembles the 787 Main Landing Gears.

In 1984, Morón became a NASA Space Shuttle Transoceanic Abort Landing ( TAL ) site in support of the space shuttle program.

With the support of House Stark, House Arryn, House Tully, and later House Lannister, Robert won the throne and his line became known as House Baratheon of King's Landing, the new royal family.

To ensure the continued support of Dorne, she and her children were confined to the royal castle in King's Landing.

The primary formed unit of the Royal Marines Police is a troop within UK Landing Force Command Support Group, the Headquarters support unit of 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines, based at Stonehouse Barracks, Plymouth.

In 2002 the band toured with Dashboard Confessional in the US, played a long UK tour with Jetplane Landing, supported Jimmy Eat World on their UK tour and played their own headline UK tour with Crackout as support.