Synonyms for landing gear
land·ing gear

Princeton's WordNet

1. landing gearnoun

   an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground

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1. • Undercarriage

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1. Kane Ray:

   In the A320 family, accidents and incidents range from fan-cowl detachment, landing gear collapse, bird strikes, right through to hull losses through pilot error, most aircraft have teething problems, and in most cases, these are eradicated. Very rarely, these issues cause disasters -- largely because of a culmination of factors that lead to the event.

2. Gene Kimmelman:

   Practically speaking, it's very common, when you get to a point of thinking seriously that you could go forward with a case, that you have to wonder how you're going to land the airplane, you have to make sure you've got the landing gear that will work, otherwise you're going to crash and burn.

3. Federal Aviation Administration:

   Preliminary indication is that tires blew out on the left main landing gear as the aircraft was landing.

4. Jose Wolfman Guillen:

   You can grab onto the struts and landing gear assembly kind of like a ladder, and you just jump on the tire and climb into the wheel well.

5. C. D. Jackson:

   Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.