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'''Landing Gear'''

</dt><BR/>The apparatus comprising those components of an aircraft
or spacecraft that support and provide mobility for the craft
on land, water, or other surface. The landing gear consists of
wheels, floats, skis, bogies, and treads, or other devices, together
will all associated struts, bracing shock absorbers, etc.
</dd><BR/>''Landing gear includes all supporting components, such
as the tail wheel or tail skid, outrigger wheels or pontoons,
etc., but the term is often conceived to apply only to the principle
components, i.e., to the main wheels, floats, etc., and the nose
gear, if any. See [[Auxiliary Landing Gear|auxiliary
landing gear]].''
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==References==
''This article is based on NASA's [[NASA SP-7|Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use]]''
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