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FIXED LANDING GEAR [1 record]

Record 1 2015-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landing Gear (Aeroindustry)
CONT

wheel pants: the large fairings used to streamline the wheels or an aircraft that has non-retracting, or "fixed" landing gear (so-called because it's "fixed" in place).

OBS

fixed undercarriage: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • fixed under-carriage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Atterrisseur (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

La plupart des avions modernes sont dotés de trains escamotables, mais sur les avions de faible tonnage [...] on se contente comme dans le passé de trains fixes.

CONT

Le De Havilland «Heron» [...] effectua son [premier] vol le 19 mai 1950 avec un train d'atterrissage fixe [...] De Havilland passa rapidement à la série II avec train d'atterrissage escamotable.

OBS

atterrisseur fixe : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tren de aterrizaje (Industria aeronáutica)
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