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Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal or aircraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called "landing" as well. Hitting the ground too hard is prevented by wings (including rotor wings), a parachute or rockets or a vertically directed jet engine; in the case of a balloon the buoyancy is slightly decreased for a soft landing. Aircraft usually land at an airport on a runway or helicopter landing pad.
For aircraft or birds, landing is generally accomplished by trading airspeed for lift. The first phase is the flare, where the rate of descent will be reduced by transitioning to a stall attitude. After slowing down, the plane changes pitch into the landing attitude shortly before touching down.
In a perfect touchdown, assuming there is no crosswind, contact with the ground is made just as the forward speed is reduced to the point where there is no longer sufficient lift to remain aloft. If there is a crosswind, techniques such as a crab landing or a slip landing are used to land the plane safely.
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A thousand times i've seen you standing, Gravity like a lunar landing, make me want to run till i find you.
blondebaby49560 (gina granto) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:42:06 -0000
A thousand times i've seen you standing, Gravity like a lunar landing, make me want to run till i find you.
The lunar landing crowds are getting ancy... means more coffee and blips for me.
MThellfire (Moon Howler) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:44:03 -0000
The lunar landing crowds are getting ancy... means more coffee and blips for me.
Photo found of flag at lunar landing site Cool! http://bit.ly/4zxrFL
_stevewoods (Steve Woods) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:53:08 -0000
Photo found of flag at lunar landing site Cool! http://bit.ly/4zxrFL
RT @MThellfireThe Silver Ball from Team Unreasonable Rocket is getting ready for LEVEL 2 of Lunar Landing Challenge http://bit.ly/9wBGj
KateSherrod (Kate Sherrod aka K8E) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:29:48 -0000
RT @MThellfireThe Silver Ball from Team Unreasonable Rocket is getting ready for LEVEL 2 of Lunar Landing Challenge http://bit.ly/9wBGj
Lunar landing a robot: how much shock absorption will one need? 1.6 G. Mars rover-style airbags enough? No air friction. No parachutes.
ziggr (Zig Zichterman) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:45:05 -0000
Lunar landing a robot: how much shock absorption will one need? 1.6 G. Mars rover-style airbags enough? No air friction. No parachutes.
Google Earth Adds the Moon to Celebrate the Lunar Landing [Google Earth] http://bit.ly/15oY1L #google @ruhanirabin
imoracle (Abhinav Singh) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:29:45 -0000
Google Earth Adds the Moon to Celebrate the Lunar Landing [Google Earth] http://bit.ly/15oY1L #google @ruhanirabin
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