alighting gear

He broke propellers, frequently, to say nothing of wings and of alighting gear.

A craft of such a type, also, when built specially for instruction, can be given a very strong alighting gear, and this makes for safety when a pupil is in his first tests, and may be guilty of an abrupt or rough descent.

Main Landing Wheels--In an alighting gear, the wheels that take the chief shock in landing.

Also the bicycle wheel alighting gear.

It is probable that his machine will be equipped with a wheeled alighting gear, as the skids used by the Wrights necessitate the use of a special starting track.