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  2. Landing - Wikipedia

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    Landing of Hawker Sea Fury FB 10. Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called "landing", "touchdown" a or "splashdown" as well.

  3. Takeoff and landing - Wikipedia

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    An unusual landing; a Piper J3C-65 Cub lands on a trailer as part of an airshow. F-18 landing on an aircraft carrier. Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying aircraft or spacecraft (or animals) returns to the ground.

  4. Airfield traffic pattern - Wikipedia

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    An airfield traffic pattern is a standard path followed by aircraft when taking off or landing while maintaining visual contact with the airfield. At an airport, the pattern (or circuit) is a standard path for coordinating air traffic. It differs from "straight-in approaches" and "direct climb-outs" in that an aircraft using a traffic pattern ...

  5. This airport landing is so challenging only 50 pilots are ...

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    Ringed by mountains, Bhutan’s Paro International Airport (PBH) is widely considered one of the most technically difficult plane landings in the world.

  6. 2 found dead in JetBlue plane’s landing gear area after ...

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    Two people were found dead inside the landing gear of a JetBlue plane that flew out of New York City on Monday night. NBC6. Police are investigating how the people gained access to the aircraft. NBC6

  7. List of busiest airports by aircraft movements - Wikipedia

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    The thirty world's busiest airports by aircraft movements are measured by total movements (data provided by Airports Council International). A movement is a landing or takeoff of an aircraft and includes both air transport movements and general aviation.

  8. Touch-and-go landing - Wikipedia

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    In a normal landing, the pilot flies the traffic pattern and establishes the aircraft on final approach.As the aircraft crosses the threshold of the runway the pilot executes the landing flare, touches the aircraft down, and immediately applies braking, ground spoilers, and (if available) reverse thrust until the aircraft has decelerated enough to exit onto a taxiway.

  9. 2 found dead in JetBlue plane landing gear at Fort Lauderdale ...

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    JetBlue issued a statement that said two people were found dead in an aircraft's landing gear compartment on Monday night. The bodies were found during a routine inspection after the plane landed.