- present participle of land.
landing
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The pilot, Leonard Boltz, 73 years old, made an emergency water landing in Lake Wausau, the Marathon County Sheriff’s Office said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
There was also an electronic "too low terrain" callout, another automated verbal warning that the plane was flying too close to the ground without being properly prepared for landing.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Go-arounds are routine maneuvers pilots perform to redo landing attempts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The two pilots of an Amazon cargo plane that overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport, striking a van and killing five people, have been released from hospital, officials said Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
She looked up from her landing place, where she’d managed to become wedged between the legs of the smallest chair.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Seuring said in an interview Tuesday that 21 Air’s training for redoing landings was good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
With few aircraft able to take off, it is understood landings are being restricted, leading to some flights being prevented from departing from overseas airports.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Phase I of NASA's Moon Base architecture plan, which is underway now through 2029, calls for more than twenty robotic landings.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The D-Day landings join more than 50 French sites already inscribed on the list, alongside the spectacular Mont Saint Michel island in Normandy and the Palace of Versailles.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Operation Forager was under the command of Admiral Nimitz, and Marine General Holland Smith was in charge of the amphibious landings.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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