Landing Gears

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Across
  1. 2. Most of the weight of the aircraft is carried on the _____ _______ gear wheels.
  2. 5. The steering control valve supplies hydraulic pressure to the _______ in the steering cylinders.
  3. 7. The landing gear is stowed here
  4. 9. A retracted gear decreases the noise and the _______ drag on the aircraft.
  5. 11. type of plane that has non retractable landing gears
  6. 13. If the nose gear touches down on the runway first, this can cause ________ to the aircraft.
Down
  1. 1. Aircraft steering is controlled using this component
  2. 3. Large jet aircraft are too heavy to steer with ______ power alone.
  3. 4. A landing gear with more than 2 wheels
  4. 6. Some old or slow flying aircraft have tail wheel _______ systems.
  5. 8. Aircraft steering is controlled from this aircraft area
  6. 10. the aircraft can steer ___ ______ to the left or to the right.
  7. 12. the name of steering wheel on some large aircraft.
  8. 14. in the direction of the tail