landing procedure

  • 1landing procedure — rules and regulations followed in order to ensure a safe landing (of an aircraft or other vehicle) …

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  • 2Landing Zone — A Landing Zone or LZ is a military term for any area where aircraft land.In the United States military, a landing zone is the actual point where aircraft land (equivalent to the commonwealth landing point.)In commonwealth militaries, a landing… …

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  • 3landing minimums, IFR — The minimum visibility prescribed for landing a civil aircraft while using an instrument approach procedure. This visibility minimum is in addition to the minimums with respect to the decision height/decision altitude prescribed in the instrument …

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  • 4procedure — A series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing or to a point from which a landing may be made visually or the missed approach… …

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  • 5Instrument landing system — The Instrument Landing System (ILS) is a ground based instrument approach system that provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching a runway, using a combination of radio signals and, in many cases, high intensity lighting arrays to… …

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  • 6Belly landing — A Belly landing is an emergency landing procedure in which an aircraft lands without its landing gear fully extended mdash;using its underside, or belly, as its primary landing device. During a belly landing, there is normally extensive damage to …

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  • 7pancake landing — i. An aircraft landing procedure in which the aircraft is flared just above the surface of the ground. As the speed reduces resulting in reduced lift, it drops to the ground in a flat attitude. All landings with very low forward speed and very… …

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  • 8Touch-and-go landing — Argentine Super Etendard commencing a touch and go landing on the USS Ronald Reagan during Gringo Gaucho. In aviation, a touch and go landing or circuit is a manoeuvre that is common when learning to fly a fixed wing aircraft, although there is… …

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  • 9initial approach procedure — A series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing, or to point from which landing may be made visually (ICAO). The procedure… …

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  • 10No.1 class landing ship — Landing ship No.4 on 22 June 1944 Class overview Name: No.1 class landing ship Builders …

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