landing device
1Landing Signal Officer — Landing Signal Officers (LSOs) are naval aviators specially trained to control the approach and landings of airplanes aboard aircraft carriers. Paddles In the U.S. Navy, aircraft carrier operations began with USS Langley (CV 1) in 1922. Langley s …
2landing aid — Any illuminating light, radio beacon, radar device, communicating device, or system of such devices for aiding aircraft in an approach and landing. See instrument landing system, ground controlled approach, and visual approach slope indicator …
3Device Forts — Deal Castle in Kent was built between 1539 and 1540. The Device Forts, also known as Henrician Castles, are a series of artillery fortifications built to defend the southern coast of England by Henry VIII. After his divorce of Catherine of Aragon …
4landing direction indicator — A device to indicate visually the direction currently designated for landing and take off (ICAO). Wind cones, windsocks, landing T, and tetrahedron are some of the devices used as landing direction indicators. Landing direction indicator …
5landing aid — Any illuminating light, radio beacon, radar device, communicating device, or any system of such devices for aiding aircraft in an approach and landing …
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 …
7Shuttle Landing Facility — IATA: TTS – ICAO: KTTS – FAA LID: TTS Summary …
8Mate-Demate Device — A Mate Demate Device (MDD) is a specialized crane designed to lift a Space Shuttle orbiter onto and off of the back of a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Three Mate Demate Devices were built, all of different designs. Atlantis being mated in California… …
9Arrowhead device — The Arrowhead device is a decoration of the United States Army which is issued as an attachment to certain service medals. The Arrowhead device is awarded to any service member who participates in an amphibious assault, a combat parachute drop, a …
10Optical landing system — The Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System of Charles de Gaulle An optical landing system (OLS) (nicknamed meatball or simply, Ball ) is used to give glidepath information to pilots in the terminal phase of landing on an aircraft carrier.[1] From… …
