| NOUN | act | airplane landing, aircraft landing | landing an aircraft |
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| Meaning | landing an aircraft. | |
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| Synonym | aircraft landing | |
| Narrower | forced landing, emergency landing | An unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control |
| ground-controlled approach, GCA | aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar | |
| instrument landing | An aircraft landing made entirely by means of instruments | |
| three-point landing | A landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time | |
| Broader | landing | The act of coming down to the earth (or other surface / surface) |
| Spanish | aterrizaje, indecorosamente | |
| Catalan | aterratge | |
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