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Definition: alighting
Antonyms: departure, takeoff
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n. 1. an instance of coming or bringing something to land, either from the air or from water: we made a perfect landing at the airstrip.
2. the action or process of doing this: the landing of men on the moon.
3. also landing place a place where people and goods can be landed from a boat or ship: the ferry landing.
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An airplane landing may be a symbol for feelings of completion. The dreamer may have felt out of control with issues that were up in the air but are being grounded.
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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" or "splashdown" as well. A normal aircraft flight would include several parts of flight including taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent and landing.
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Aircraft usually land at an airport on a firm runway or helicopter landing pad, generally constructed of asphalt concrete, concrete, gravel or grass. Aircraft equipped with pontoons (floatplane) or with a boat hull-shaped fuselage (a flying boat) are able to land on water. Aircraft also sometimes use skis to land on snow or ice.
To land, the airspeed and the rate of descent are reduced such that the object descends at a slow enough rate to allow for a gentle touch down. Landing is accomplished by slowing down and descending to the runway. This speed reduction is accomplished by reducing thrust and/or inducing a greater amount of drag using flaps, landing gear or speed brakes. When a fixed wing aircraft approaches the ground, the pilot will move the control column back to execute a flare or round-out. This increases the angle of attack. Progressive movement of the control column back will allow the aircraft to settle onto the runway at minimum speed, landing on its main wheels first in the case of a tricycle gear aircraft or on all three wheels simultaneously in the case of a conventional landing gear-equipped aircraft, commonly referred to as a "taildragger". This is known as flaring.[1][2][3][4]
In a light aircraft, with little crosswind, the ideal landing is when contact with the ground occurs as the forward speed is reduced to the point where there is no longer sufficient airspeed to remain aloft. The stall warning is often heard just before landing, indicating that this speed and altitude have been reached. The result is very light touch down.[4]
Light aircraft landing situations, and the pilot skills required, can be divided into four types:
In large transport category (airliner) aircraft, pilots land the aircraft by "flying the airplane on to the runway." The airspeed and attitude of the plane are adjusted for landing. The airspeed is kept well above stall speed and at a constant rate of descent. A flare is performed just before landing, and the descent rate is significantly reduced, causing a light touch down. Upon touchdown, spoilers (sometimes called "lift dumpers") are deployed to dramatically reduce the lift and transfer the aircraft's weight to its wheels, where mechanical braking, such as an autobrake system, can take effect. Reverse thrust is used by many jet aircraft to help slow down just after touch-down, redirecting engine exhaust forward instead of back. Some propeller-driven airplanes also have this feature, where the blades of the propeller are re-angled to push air forward instead of back using the 'beta range'.
Factors such as crosswind where the pilot will use a crab landing or a slip landing will cause pilots to land slightly faster and sometimes with different aircraft attitude to ensure a safe landing.
Other factors affecting a particular landing might include: the plane size, wind, weight, runway length, obstacles, ground effects, weather, runway altitude, air temperature, air pressure, air traffic control, visibility, avionics and the overall situation.
For example, landing a multi-engine turboprop military such as a C-130 Hercules, under fire in a grass field in a war zone, requires different skills and precautions than landing a single engine plane such as a Cessna 150 on a paved runway in uncontrolled airspace, which is different from landing an airliner such as a Airbus A380 at a major airport with air traffic control.
The term "landing" is also applied to people or objects descending to the ground using a parachute. Some consider these objects to be in a controlled descent instead of actually flying. Most parachutes work by capturing air, inducing enough drag that the falling object hits the ground at a relatively slow speed. There are many examples of parachutes in nature, including the seeds of a dandelion.
On the other hand, modern ram-air parachutes are essentially inflatable wings that operate in a gliding flight mode. Parachutists execute a flare at landing, reducing or eliminating both downward and forward speed at touchdown, in order to avoid injury.[5]
Sometimes, a safe landing is accomplished by using multiple forms of lift, thrust and dampening systems. The Apollo Lunar Module used a rocket and landing gear to land on the moon. Several Soviet rockets including the Soyuz spacecraft have used parachutes and airbag landing systems to dampen the landing on earth.
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Translations:
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - landsætning, udskibning, landing, landgang, nedspring, landingsplads, repos, afsats
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Nederlands (Dutch)
overloop, trapportaal, landing
Français (French)
n. - (Mil, Naut) débarquement, (Aviat) atterrissage, (Comm) déchargement, (Constr) palier, couloir, prise (d'un poisson), réception (d'un gymnaste)
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Anlegestelle, Treppenabsatz, Treppenflur, Landung, Ausschiffung, Ausladen
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποβίβαση, προσγείωση, απόβαση, πλατύσκαλο, κεφαλόσκαλο, αποβάθρα
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Italiano (Italian)
pianerottolo, approdo, atterraggio
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - desembarque (m), aterrissagem (f), plataforma (f)
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Русский (Russian)
высадка на берег, посадка, место высадки, лестничная площадка
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Español (Spanish)
n. - rellano, descansillo, desembarcadero, desembarco, amaraje, aterrizaje
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - landning, landstigning, landsättning, landningsplats, kaj, landgång, trappavsats, (sport) nedslag
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
登陆, 降落, 码头
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中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 登陸, 降落, 碼頭
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日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 上陸, 着陸, 着水, 陸揚げ, 水揚げ, 踊り場, 船着き場, 上陸地
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) إنزال أو نزول إلى اليابسه, رسو السفينه, هبوط الطائرة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - נחיתה, עגינה, הנחתה, רציף, מישורת, רחבה (בין מדרגות), פרוזדור
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