tail-skid landing gear
1tail skid — i. A small skid mounted at the bottom of the aft end of the fuselage of an aircraft with a tricycle landing gear. The skid absorbs the shock and prevents damage to the aircraft structure if the tail touches either on takeoff when the nose is… …
2Conventional landing gear — The Piper Super Cub is a popular taildragger aircraft …
3skid — i. An uncoordinated turn in which the airplane moves inside the turn because of an insufficient aileron or excessive rudder. ii. In helicopters, a fixed tubular landing gear, often provided with small auxiliary wheels to provide ground mobility.… …
4three-point landing — noun Date: 1918 an airplane landing in which the two main wheels of the landing gear and the tail wheel or skid or nose wheel touch the ground simultaneously …
5Yokosuka K5Y — Infobox Aircraft name=Yokosuka K5Y caption= type=Intermediate trainer manufacturer=Various, see text designer= first flight=1933 introduced=1934 retired= status= primary user=Japan more users= produced=1934 1945 number built=5,770 variants with… …
6DAR 1 — Role Civil training aircraft National origin Bulgaria Manufacturer …
7Robinson R22 — Infobox Aircraft name=Robinson R22 caption= type=Light utility and trainer helicopter manufacturer=Robinson Helicopter Company designer=Frank Robinson first flight=1975 introduced=1979 retired= status= primary user= more users= produced= number… …
8Bell H-13 Sioux — This article is about the military versions of the Bell 47 models. For the civil versions, see Bell 47. H 13 Sioux …
9Bell 47 — Infobox Aircraft name=Model 47/H 13 Sioux caption=Model 47G type=Multipurpose light helicopter manufacturer=Bell Helicopter designer=Arthur M. Young first flight=8 December 1945 introduced=1946 retired= status= primary user=United States Army… …
10Arado Ar 234 — infobox Aircraft name =Ar 234 Blitz type =Reconnaissance Bomber manufacturer =Arado Flugzeugwerke caption = designer = first flight =15 June, 1943 introduction =September 1944 retired = status =Retired primary user =Luftwaffe more users =… …
