Landing Sentence Examples

They burst out of the light, landing hard.

Suddenly, she fell, just as quickly landing in a field with waist-high grass and a bright yellow sun overhead.

She stepped through and emerged on the landing overlooking the desert.

The landing paused at the Y of two long hallways.

In August 1849 the queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the little princess royal and the prince of Wales, paid a visit to Ireland, landing at the Cove of Cork, which from /rash trip, that day was renamed Queenstown.

He dropped fast and changed shapes too soon, landing hard on the ground near them.

He succeeded in landing, and proceeded to attack the town.

Its harbour is comparatively safe but lacks landing facilities.

The neighbouring Pegwell Bay, famed for its shrimps, is supposed to have been the scene of the landing of Hengist and Horsa, and at Cliff's End (Ebbs Fleet) a monolithic cross marks the landing-place of St Augustine in 596.

Lee soon cut the communication with White House, but McClellan changed his base and retreated towards Harrison's Landing on the James river.

At Bruinsburg, beyond Pemberton's reach, a landing was made on the eastern bank and, without any base of supplies or line of retreat, Grant embarked upon a campaign which made him in the end master of the prize.

In the result these troops were repulsed with a loss of 6000 men, a circumstance hardly to be wondered at, since McClellan had entrenched eight divisions on the strongest position in the country, and was aided by his siege artillery and also by a flanking fire from his gunboats on the river near Haxall's Landing.

Landing at Kinghorn in Fifeshire in August 1332, he gained a complete victory over the Scots under Donald, earl of Mar, at Dupplin Moor, took Perth, and on the 24th of September was crowned king of Scotland at Scone.

In the remaining weeks of the summer he made his first expedition to Britain, and this was followed by a second crossing in 54 B.C. On the first occasion Caesar took with him only two legions, and effected little beyond a landing on the coast of Kent.

He returned almost immediately, on the pretext that Spain was intriguing against Mexican independence, and on landing (having been previously outlawed) was arrested and executed (July r, 1824).

Five years later, enriched with the spoils of his uncle, John of Gaunt, Richard returned to Ireland, landing at.

But in jumping a gate, or a flight of rails, as ordinarily situated, there is no width to be covered, and to make a horse go through the exertion of jumping both high and wide when he need only do one is to waste his power, added to which to ride fast at timber, unless very low with a ditch on the landing side, is highly dangerous.

In1796-1797there was a permanent settlement known as Webster's Landing, and in 1797 a settlement was begun at Salina, a short distance to the north on the lake shore.

In 1800 " the landing " received the name Bogardus's Corners," from the proprietor of a local inn.

On the landing of Pyrrhus in Italy (281 B.C.) they were among the first to declare in his favour, and found themselves exposed to the resentment of Rome when the departure of Pyrrhus left his allies at the mercy of the Romans.

In 1795 he attempted to aid the royalist rising of La Vendee, landing at the island of Yeu.

In 1845 the French Marist Fathers went to Isabel, where Mgr Epaulle, first vicarapostolic of Melanesia, was killed by the natives soon after landing.

William, however, was not devoid of military energy; landing in Italy he destroyed the Greek fleet and army at Brindisi (28th May 1156) and recovered Bari.

Fishkill Landing is served by the New York Central & Hudson River and the New York, New Haven & Hartford railways; by railway ferry and passenger ferries to Newburgh, connecting with the West Shore railway; by river steamboats and by electric railway to Matteawan.

Among the manufactures of Fishkill Landing are rubber-goods, engines (Corliss) and other machinery, hats, silks, woollens, and brick and tile.

Erris in Mayo was the scene of the landing of the chief colony of the Firbolgs, and the battle which is said to have resulted in the overthrow and almost annihilation of this tribe took place also in this county, at Moytura near Cong.

Killala was the scene of the landing of a French squadron in connexion with the rebellion of 1798.

Various regulations restricting Chinese immigration were enacted from time to time, until in 1886 the landing of any Chinese passenger without a passport was prohibited.

By the advice of her ministers, and to avoid bloodshed, the queen surrendered under protest, in view of the landing of United States troops, appealing to the government of the United States to reinstate her in authority.

On receiving Blount's report to the effect that the revolution had been accomplished by the aid of the United States minister and by the landing of troops from the " Boston," President Cleveland sent Albert Sydney Willis (1843-1897) of Kentucky to Honolulu with secret instructions as United States minister.

In 1685 Lyme was the scene of the landing of James, duke of Monmouth, in his attempt upon the throne.

The Argonauts landing soon after found only women in the island, ruled over by Hypsipyle, daughter of the old king Thoas.

Peterhead, made a burgh of barony in 1593 by George Keith, fifth earl marischal, was the scene of the landing of the Pretender on Christmas Day 1715.

Two more brows were got into place and the landing parties got ashore.

To return to the landing on the mole.

Leicester, on landing in Holland, was in the presence of the States-General and of Maurice of Nassau invested with the title of governor-general and practically sovereign powers (February 1586).

On landing (October 2) at Cape Coast, Wolseley found the Ashanti, who had been decimated by smallpox and fever, preparing to return home.

The preface to this work places Cerdic's assumption of the sovereignty six years after his landing, that is, in the year 500, and assigns him a reign of sixteen years, which makes his death fall eighteen years before 534, the date recorded in the annals.

In May 1832 he hastened from Paris to see the duchess of Berry on her landing in the south of France for the purpose of organizing an insurrection in favour of her son, the duke of Bordeaux, since known as the Comte de Chambord.

A tablet on the quay commemorates the landing of Bernadotte after his election as successor to the throne in 1810.

The duke died soon after landing, and Sloane's visit lasted only fifteen months; but during that time he got together about Boo new species of plants, the island being virgin ground to the botanist.

Finally, it was the scene of the landing of James II.

Westport, a little inland town - platted 1833, a city 1857, merged in Kansas City in 1899 - now a fashionable residence district of Kansas City - was a rival of Independence in the Santa Fe trade which she gained almost in toto in 1844 when the great Missouri flood (the greatest the river has known) destroyed the river landing utilized by Independence.

Meanwhile, what is now Kansas City, and was then Westport Landing, being on the river where a swift current wore a rocky shore, steadily increased in importance and overshadowed Westport.

During this reign, on the 8th of October 1365, a landing was effected at Alexandria by a Frankish fleet under Peter I.

In the years 1442-1444 this sultan sent three fleets against Rhodes, where the third effected a landing, but was unable to make any permanent conquest.

Abercromby, effected a landing at Aboukir, and proceeded to invest Alexandria, where on the 2 fst they were attacked by Menou; the French were repulsed, but the English French commander was mortally wounded in the action.

In twenty-five days, from the landing at Ismailia to the occupation of Cairo, the rebellion was completely suppressed, and the operations were thus signally successful.

Technically Charles was, without doubt, guilty of high treason, and the considerable minority of all classes which adhered to Sigismund on his landing in Sweden in 1598 indisputably behaved like loyal subjects.

A landing in Kent in 884 or 885, 1 though successfully repelled, encouraged the East Anglian Danes to revolt.

After the final dispersal of the Danish invaders Alfred turned his attention to the increase of the navy, and ships were built according to the king's own designs, partly to repress the ravages of the Northumbrian and East Anglian Danes on the coasts of Wessex, partly to prevent the landing of fresh hordes.

The whole country, however, was on the alert, and at midnight on the 8th, within a month of their landing, James heard that the revolt, desperate from the first, was over and that his rival had been captured close to Ringwood.

Large galleys could not anchor in the bay of Zengg, which is shallow and exposed to sudden gales, so the Uskoks fitted out a fleet of swift boats, light enough to navigate the smallest creeks and inlets of the Illyrian shore, and easily sunk and recovered, if a temporary landing became necessary.

The coast has no good natural harbour, and landing is difficult.

In the .next war, the landing of the Allied forces at Salonica led to some archaeological discoveries in the occupied territory.

The privy council was opened to Catholics, but on the landing of William III.

His landing at Borradale on the 5th of August brought a few enthusiastic Macdonalds about him; from a sense of honour Lochiel joined with the Camerons.

When war broke out between China and Japan in 1894, he was appointed commander in-chief of the second Japanese army corps, which, landing on the Liaotung Peninsula, carried Port Arthur by storm, and, subsequently crossing to Shantung, captured the fortress of Wei-hai-wei.

In 1611 Captain Hippon in the seventh separate voyage essayed a landing at Pulicat, but was driven off by the Dutch, who were already settled there, and sailed farther up the coast to Pettapoli, where he founded the first madras English settlement in the Bay of Bengal, which ments.

Two days before landing on his return from the English mission, Jay had been elected governor of New York state; notwithstanding his temporary unpopularity, he was re-elected in April 1798.

It entered the Ross Sea too late to make a landing, and after wintering in Sydney returned in 1911-2, when a landing was effected on the Barrier in the Bay of Whales on Jan.

After landing the stores for the main base at Cape Evans the " Terra Nova," under Comm.

The expedition left Hobart in the " Aurora " on Dec. 2 1911, and after landing a party with a wireless installation on Macquarie I.

Davis, after landing the relief party and taking off all the others, waited for the return of Mawson as long as he dared, having in view the necessity of relieving Wild's party in Queen Mary Land, and the fact that every anchor on the ship had been lost in the fight with blizzards in Commonwealth Bay.

To explain the origin of the hodge-podge, it was said that his comrades on landing in Attica gathered up the scraps of their provisions that remained and prepared a meal from them.

Tariq, thus certain of meeting no serious opposition to his landing, passed into Spain himself with an army composed mainly of Berbers of the Ghomera tribe under the guidance of Julian.

On landing he learnt that Caesar had made him his heir and adopted him into the Julian gens, whereby he acquired the designation of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus.

Landing at Reggio di Calabria he hastened to Monza, where he conducted with firmness and tact the preparations for the burial of King Humbert and for his own formal accession, which took place on the 9th and nth of August 1900.

It was surveyed on the east, where a landing was made in lat.

After once more visiting Malabar, Canara and the Maldives, he departed for Bengal, a voyage of forty-three days, landing at Sadkawan (Chittagong).

The joy of Menelaus on seeing Paris, Priam's ignorance of the Greek leaders, the speeches of Agamemnon in his review of the ranks (in book iv.), the building of the wall - all these are in place after the Greek landing, but hardly in the ninth year of the siege.

Where the landing has been necessitated by a G.A.

At last (June 1191) Geoffrey, archbishop of York and William's earliest benefactor, was violently arrested by William's subordinates on landing at Dover.

Through the instrumentality of the celebrated Sir Rhys ap Thomas (1451-1527), the wealthiest and the most powerful personage in South Wales, Henry Tudor, earl of Richmond, on his landing at Milford Haven in 1485 found the Welsh ready to rise in his behalf against the usurper Richard III.

On his landing he was informed that the attainder had been reversed; and he received the royal patent authorizing his performance of the legatine duties within the realm.

It was settled by the Swedes about 1645, was called Upland and was the seat of the Swedish courts until 1682, when William Penn, soon after his landing at a spot in the town now marked by a memorial stone, gave it its present name.

The " Itata " was then forced to return to San Diego without landing her cargo for the insurgents.

The Russians, moreover, made a futile attempt on Gilan by landing troops at Enzeli, which returned to Baku, where Zizianov fell a victim to the treachery of the Persian governor.

At Bushire, on the 1st of December, the Persian governor of Fars, Ala ad-daula, committed a breach of diplomatic etiquette which induced Lord Curzon to sail away without landing.

The centenary of the landing of Shortland was celebrated in 1897, when a monument commemorating the event was erected.

Gelimer, who was strangely ignorant of the plans of Justinian, had sent his brother Tzazo with some of his best troops to quell a rebellion in Sardinia (that island as well as the Balearic Isles forming part of the Vandal dominions), and the landing of Belisarius was entirely unopposed.

Belisarius, however, was too late to save the life of Hilderic, who had been slain by his rival's orders as soon as the news came of the landing of the imperial army.

Thus perjured and disgraced the young king embarked for Scotland on the 2nd of June; on the 11th when off Heligoland he signed the treaty, and on the 23rd, on his arrival at Speymouth, before landing, he swore to both the covenants.

On the 24th he sailed from the Hague, landing on the 26th at Dover, where he was met by Monk, whom he saluted as father, and by the mayor, from whom he accepted a " very rich bible," " the thing that he loved above all things in the world."

Steamboats run from the mouth of the Green river, near Evansville, Indiana, to the Mammoth Cave landing.

The most convenient place for landing is protected by an ancient mole; it faces the channel between Delos and Rheneia, and is about opposite the most northerly of the two little islands now called ` PevµaTtapt.

To overcome the difficulty of landing from the roadstead a breakwater was built at the mouth of the Baakens River in 1856, but it had to be removed in 1869, as it caused a serious accumulation of sand.

The work begins with the landing of Aeneas in Italy, and closes with the death of Drusus, 9 B.C., though it is possible that the author intended to continue it as far as the death of Augustus.

The agitation against the Chinese, always more or less existent, became intense, and the government forcibly prevented the Chinese passengers of four ships from landing, and passed laws which practically prohibit the immigration of Chinese.

As the naval force of the enemy was completely driven into port, the British admiral had no opportunity of an action at sea, but his management of the convoy carrying the troops, and of the landing at Aboukir, was greatly admired.

He was "the first nobleman and one of the first persons" who joined the prince of Orange on his landing in England, and he accompanied William to London.

Whoever may have instigated the rising, this much is certain, that American warships prevented the Colombian troops from landing to suppress the revolt.

When the news reached the Cape that this vessel was on her way, the people of the colony became violently excited; and they established an anti-convict association, by which they bound themselves to cease from all intercourse of every kind with persons in any way connected " with the landing, supplying or employing convicts."

That same year he fled with the hope of finding a safe refuge in Egypt, but was treacherously murdered by one of his old centurions as he was landing.

Kingsgate, on the North Foreland, north of Broadstairs on the coast, changed its name from St Bartholomew's Gate in honour of Charles II.'s landing here with the duke of York in 1683 on his way from London to Dover.

All through the summcr Harold held a fleet concentrated under the lee of the Isle of Wight, waiting to intercept Williams armament, while the fyrd of Wessex was ready to support him if the enemy should succeed in making a landing.

Northumberland was a greedy and unscrupulous Border chief, who regarded himself as entitled to exact whatever he chose from his master, because he had been the first to join him at his landing in 1399, and had lent him a consistent support ever since.

Hence came the marvellous success of the Yorkist counterstroke in June 1460, when the exiled Warwick, landing in Kent with a mere handful of men, was suddenly joined by the whole of the south of England and the citizens of London, and inflicted a crushing defeat on defeatsth.

The landing of the Pretender in Scotland (1715), and the defeat of a portion of his army which had advanced to Prestona defeat which was the consequence of the apathy of his English supporters, and which was followed by the complete suppression of the rebelliongave increased strength to the Whig government.

The allied squadron, however, was stopped by the forts at the mouth of the Peiho, which fired on the vessels; a landing party, which was disembarked to storm the forts, met with a disastrous check, and the squadron had to retire with an acknowledged loss of three gunboats and 400 men.

The island is the Lopadusa of Strabo, and the Lipadosa of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, the scene of the landing of Roger of Sicily and of his conversion by the hermit.

His decree of July 1861, suspending for two years all payments on public debts of every kind, led to the landing in Mexico of English, Spanish and French troops.

Dr Guppy was fortunate in reaching North Keeling Island, where a landing is only possible during the calmest weather.

The islands were discovered by the Dutch in 1616, and visited in 1767 by Philip Carteret; but no landing seems to have been effected, owing to the surrounding reefs, until the arrival of the "Challenger" in 1875.

We find them landing in different places.

About a year after the first landing Raymond Le Gros was sent over by Earl Richard with his advanced guard, and Strongbow himself landed near Waterford on the 23rd of August 1170 with 200 knights and about r000 other troops.

Alarmed at the principality forming near him, Henry invaded Ireland in person, landing near Waterford on the 18th of October 1172.

A force of Italians and Spaniards landing at Smerwick in Kerry, Grey hurried thither, and the foreigners, who had no commission, surrendered at discretion, and were put to the sword.

Other navigable streams are the Waccamaw, to Bucksville (50 m.); the Great Pedee to Smith's Mills (52 m.); the Cooper, to Strawberry Ferry (30 m.); the Ashley, to Lambs (13 m.); the Edisto, to Guignard Landing (260 m.); the South Edisto, to the North Edisto (11 m.); the Beaufort, to the Coosaw River (11 m.); and the Santee, to the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree rivers, which are navigable for flatboats.

The threat of an English landing decided them to lay siege to Rouen, and it was taken by assault; but this cost the life of the versatile Antoine de Bourbon.

Success was reserved the 18th for Bonaparte, suddenly landing at Frjus with the Brwnaire.

In the struggles between John and his barons Lincoln in 1216 made peace with the king by surrendering hostages for the payment of a fine of 1000 marks, but after the landing of Louis the city was captured by Gilbert de Gant, then earl of Lincoln.

The value of the city's factory products increased from $10,517,886 in 1900 to $15,193,909 in 1905 or 44'5% Chattanooga was first settled about 1835, and was long known as Ross's Landing.

In 1602, in command of the "Concord," chartered by Sir Walter Raleigh and others, he crossed the Atlantic; coasted from what is now Maine to Martha's Vineyard, landing at and naming Cape Cod and Elizabeth Island (now Cuttyhunk) and giving the name Martha's Vineyard to the island now called No Man's Land; and returned to England with a cargo of furs, sassafras and other commodities obtained in trade with the Indians about Buzzard's Bay.

On the canal list it was called Steele's Creek, but it was also known as Morgan's Landing, and from 1830 to 1843 as Remington's Corners.

The first collision took place at Risdon, a few days after the landing of Lieutenant Bowen's expedition, and for this the white settlers were entirely responsible.

Grant next ascended the Tennessee river to Pittsburg Landing with the intention of capturing the Memphis & Charleston railway, and on the 6th-7th of April defeated the Confederates in the battle of Shiloh.

Breathing raggedly, she tried hard to rein in the emotions that were close to landing her in trouble.

The image of him drawing her blood for the first time on the landing scared her.

She batted at him with clumsy arms, at last landing a punch in

The public area comprises an entrance hall with stairs leading to the first floor landing, living room, dining room and kitchen.

Landing, we went through the somewhat perfunctory customs check and out to get our ride to the Hilton.

A shaft of brilliant sunlight fell through the dusty layers of a horse chestnut tree, landing on the velvet vows of her shoes.

Then flying at 50 feet he attacked an aerodrome where approximately 19 machines were either landing or attempting to take off.

In contrast to the take off where we use a constant engine power, for landing we need to keep a constant airspeed.

We shall see the plane landing on the beach - the island's famous airstrip.

Captain Gerlach made an emergency landing on an improvised airstrip and made preparations to take off with his precious cargo.

Landing on the tiny airstrip at Lukla in the Everest region of Nepal is an adventure in itself.

It was capable of reducing its speed on landing to 59 mph enabling it to land on short airstrips.

This huge armada was divided into two naval task forces and five assault forces, on for each of the main landing beaches.

For months they were saying soft landing, stagnation, correction blah blah blah.

In front of the cottages are two mooring bollards which were used to secure boats to the landing stage.

Google is using a new bot for their AdWords advertising system that automatically spiders and analyzes the content of advertising landing pages.

Many of them will become a public burthen from the moment of their landing.

And in the final stages of landing, you may hear a buzzer sounding.

Move several bystanders on and also to redirect cars leaving the car park to give a wide berth of the landing site.

Passengers landing could a palm tree immigration campus quot we rented scooters.

First Floor Landing - Loft access, smoke detector, textured ceiling.

Small shower room off the landing with sloping ceiling.

A kick-up centerboard and swing-up rudder makes beaching or landing a snap.

The landing gear is somewhat complex and you'll likely need to do some cleanup on the struts.

Once the geese get close you can begin using the landing call the " fast cluck " as I call it.

The greatest levels of surface compaction were located in the landing area of the fairway, which receives the most golf cart traffic.

Affected horses will usually move with their heels landing first to try to avoid concussion to the painful toe region.

He later developed a taste for secular music and entered numerous talent contests, eventually landing a record deal with Fantasy in 1968.

Corvus corone cornix Birds everywhere along the Nile even landing on the boat.

Here, there is a twin bedroom and a landing which can accommodate the folding cot.

Joining the Royal Naval Patrol Service in the Second World War, he became a coxswain in Minor Personnel Landing Craft.

Secondly, with such a vast force, where would all the landing craft come from?

On the landing the fully enclosed shower cubicle is fitted with an electric shower unit.

On clear evenings, there would be a landing party, buzzing over to the deserted shore in a small dingy to explore.

The path then skirts inland around Kendall's Wharf, still used for landing gravel dredged from the sea bed.

First Floor Landing With window to the side elevation.

They discussed traffic density with ATC, and eventually declared an emergency in order to get priority for landing.

High wall sealed unit double-glazed timber window with arched fanlight to half landing.

The landing movement should involve an upright torso position, and increased knee flexion on impact should be encouraged.

The sound of heavy footsteps have also been heard at the top of the landing.

The catwalks have gone from City and Essex looked very forlorn without the landing stage.

The Iron Age promontory fort is one of several along the Heritage coast, protecting a potential landing point from coastal raiders.

All of the crew took emergency landing positions which were in the main fuselage of the aircraft to prepare for a crash landing.

Two steel tube ribs at each end of spar carry main power unit and landing gear pick up points.

Property briefly comprises entrance hall with stairs leading to the first floor landing, living room, dining room and kitchen.

Always make sure there is a secure handhold at all landing places.

Click to return to top A ladder should stick up at least 1.1m above a landing space, unless suitable handhold have been provided.

Work boats moored under the bridge above the lock significantly impede craft using the lock landing.

We were able to arrive at our new home within two hours of landing - a pretty impressive exit.

Further, these calls may impair flight instrumentation, particularly GPS receivers increasingly used for positioning during landing.

Editorial note The sacred islet 's thoughts on the successful landing by a Rockall Times assault squad on 16 June 1995 are unrecorded.

There is a wooden landing jetty from which you can watch the brightly colored marine fish in the clear water below.

Threw large amounts of stuff onto the landing and started removing the real junk.

Landing With retractable ladder giving access to a partly boarded loft with light point.

Visible across the bay is Point Loma where a statue of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo commemorates the landing of the first European in 1542.

From the hall, oak stairs lead up to the galleried landing from which there are fabulous views over the countryside.

Who's made a lunar landing on the level?

The Apollo moon landing is topping many of these lists.

Nadia's helicopter landing, for example, is a shot lifted from " Arrival " .

Judging the height to dive a canopy into a swoop landing is not easy.

For the next seven years Willie waited faithfully at the ferry landing for his owner to return.

A US passenger flight from Heathrow to JFK made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport yesterday.

Elliotts in Caversham made landing craft and plane wings.

The date for Overlord was pushed back to the end of May to allow for the building of more landing craft.

Two large external pockets to hold landing net, rod pod and bank sticks.

All anglers must have, and use a landing net.

Anyone fishing for specimen carp or predators must have a large unhooking mat and large landing net.

As we approached the landing strip, I could see the ground flying past, underneath us.

Planes brought others of the privileged, settling on the new airstrip, which was ablaze with landing and fairy lights.

Later, a maid went down to the landing, stowed away luncheon, water-bottles and costume word game in the canoe.

On landing, lay them in the landing net on an unhooking mat, never on uncovered hard ground.

There is a single foam mattress on the landing at the top of the stairs with room for a child to sleep.

From the landing stage here the hardy tourist can either walk the mile and a half track into the mountains or hire a mule.

The kits are suitable for a typical return landing and include newels, newel bases and newel caps also supplied as halves.

The RAF also dropped dummy parachutists and firework devices in a dummy airborne landing at Yvetot, some 30 miles North of Le Havre.

We'll attempt a landing at Coronation Island, known for its extensive moss beds, nesting penguins and beautiful snow petrels.

The entrance from the stair landing is of a heavy and sumptuous Jacobean style with thick tapering pilasters.

By Any Other Name Responding to a distress call from an Earth-like planet, a landing party from the Enterprise beams down to investigate.

A hundred years ago Mousehole was a bustling port, crowded with local fishing boats, landing pilchards.

A floating landing stage was added making a very presentable appearance.

Jungle Holocaust A group of oil prospectors have a rough landing in their base camp on the Malaysian island of Mindanao.

Landing in Greenwich Village NY, the urban folk revival was still in full swing.

Wildlife has remained scanty apart from the flying fish which have a habit of landing on the ship's deck overnight.

Dry landing at the red beach frequented by sea lions.

Condition is very good, one landing skid has a small repair.

It was the only landing place which we saw as we sailed pass all the steep cliffs and glacier snouts.

Landing (in 1997) is on a very small snow cone.

The Descent Module uses parachutes to slow its fall, enabling it to make a soft landing on dry land.

A door from the landing provides access to the large roof top solarium where there is a BBQ.

In Russian Bars, artists fly through the air with spectacular somersaults, landing on bars perched on the sturdy shoulders of catchers.

Spark arresters can prevent spark arresters can prevent sparks from the flue landing on the thatch, however they must be cleaned regularly.

They climbed the stairs which laid to a landing with four doors.

The Admiral orders the carrier to light up for landing and ships forward are ordered to fire star shell and send up searchlight beams.

Two external pockets for umbrella, landing net, rod pod, bank sticks etc. Padded adjustable carrying strap, padded carrying handle.

Then he leaped into the air and flew toward the landing strip.

A long, luminous sunbeam fell across the landing, touching the edge of her hair till it glimmered like bronze afire.

One of the studies [3] recorded the average distance off-centre on landing up to 24 hours after smoking 19 mg THC.

Imperceptibly at first, like a tiny spark landing on dry, forest tinder, his desire had ignited.

The landing and all first floor rooms have been newly carpeted in a stylish neutral tone.

Fortunately, the only a risk would be using the same logic for calculating a trajectory for landing a probe on Titan.

An Airbus was filmed landing on Saturday 3rd June, with mock palm tress and fake " MIA " signs simulating the American airport.

One room has a double bed and the other has twin beds and the bathroom is reached across the small landing.

She sat unconcerned, watching the gerbils, I got out and she flew off, landing about thirty feet away.

At the back of the market there are landing areas where the boats can quickly unload their catches.

Every landing was now noisy with servants, maids sped upstairs, flunkeys sped down, a butler waddled in a circle.

Landing places near the City were at a premium and new wharves and warehouses were built to accommodate the growing trade.

He studies the fishing ground and all other factors likely to enhance his chances of ` landing the whopper ' .

Peter James went flying into the air when he hit the right hand bank and snapped a lower wishbone on landing.

It has original jurisdiction in cases of habeas corpus, mandamus and prohibition, and appellate jurisdiction in cases involving a greater amount than one hundred dollars; concerning title or boundary of lands, probate of wills; the appointment or qualification of personal representatives, guardians, curators, committees, &c.; concerning a mill, roadway, ferry or landing; the right of a corporation or county to levy tolls or taxes; in cases of quo warranto, habeas corpus, mandamus, certiorari and prohibition, and all others involving freedom or the constitutionalit y of a law; in criminal cases where there has been a conviction for felony or misdemeanour in a circuit, criminal or intermediate court; and in cases relating to the public revenues.

As the men were evidently determined to oppose any attempt at landing, a musket was discharged between them, in the hope that they would be frightened by the noise, but it produced no effect beyond causing one of them to drop his bundle of spears, of which, however, he immediately repossessed himself, and with his comrade resumed the same menacing attitude.

A commission was given him as adjutant-general in the French army, which he hoped might protect him from the penalty of treason in the event of capture by the English; though he himself claimed the authorship of a proclamation said to have been issued by the United Irishmen, enjoining that all Irishmen taken with arms in their hands in the British service should be instantly shot; and he supported a project for landing a thousand criminals in England, who were to be commissioned to burn Bristol and commit any other atrocity in their power.

One of these under Humbert succeeded in landing a force in Killala Bay, and gained some success in Connaught before it was subdued by Lake and Cornwallis, Wolfe Tone's brother Matthew being captured, tried by court-martial, and hanged; a second, accompanied by Napper Tandy (q.v.), came to disaster on the coast of Donegal; while Wolfe Tone took part in a third, under Admiral Bompard, with General Hardy in command of a force of about 3000 men, which encountered an English squadron near Lough Swilly on the 12th of October 1798.

Landing at Lyndantse (the modern Reval) in north Esthonia, Valdemar at once received the submission of the inhabitants, but three days later was treacherously attacked in his camp and only saved from utter destruction by his own personal valour and the descent from heaven, at the critical moment, of a red banner with a white cross on it, the Dannebrog (Danes' Cloth), of which we now hear for the first time, and which henceforth was to precede the Danish armies to victory till its capture by the Ditmarshers, three hundred years later.

The war of the Second Coalition having brought about the expulsion of the French from Italy, the Directors were exposed to a storm of indignation in France, not unmixed with contempt; and this state of public opinion enabled the young conqueror within a month of his landing at Frejus (9th of October 1799) easily to prevail over the Directory and the elective councils of the nation.

Tacitus, in describing the attack made on the island of Mona (Anglesea) by the Romans under Suetonius Paulinus, represents the legionaries as being awestruck on landing by the appearance of a band of Druids, who, with hands uplifted towards heaven, poured forth terrible imprecations on the heads of the invaders.

Vincent Oge, one of the mulatto delegates in Paris, disgusted at the overthrow of the hopes of his race, returned to San Domingo, and on landing in October 1790 addressed a letter to the governor announcing his intention of taking up arms on behalf of the mulattoes if their wrongs were not redressed.

The story of the first Atlantic cable is told elsewhere (see Telegraph), and it must suffice here to say that in 1858, after two disappointments, Bright successfully accomplished what to many had seemed an impossible feat, and within a few days of landing the Irish end of the line at Valentia he was knighted in Dublin.

Landing at Hamburg in the January following, he spent some time there in the company of his friends Madame de Geniis and Reinhard; and when party rancour continued to abate at Paris, he returned thither in September.

Finding themselves without warrant in a region beyond their patent, and threatened with the desertion of disaffected members of their company (probably all servants or men of the " lesser " sort) unless concessions were made to these, they drew up and signed before landing a democratic compact of government which is accounted the earliest written constitution in history.'

His government was supported by a small party (largely an Anglican Church party), but was intensely unpopular with the bulk of the people; and - it is a disputed question, whether before or after news arrived of the landing in England of William of Orange - in April 1689 the citizens of Boston rose in revolution, deposed Andros, imprisoned him and re-established their old colonial form of government.

On the Pacific, however, there were great gains; long-established plans for obtaining a port in China which might serve as a base for the growing trade at Tientsin were carried out at the end of 1897; the murder of two Catholic missionaries was made the pretext for landing troops in the bay of Kiao-chau; and in amends China granted the lease of some 50 sq.

It was in this harbour that the "Mayflower" compact (see Massachusetts) was drawn up and signed by the Pilgrims before they proceeded to Plymouth, in 1620; here John Carver was chosen the first governor of Plymouth Colony, and Provincetown was the first landing place (on Saturday the 11th [o.s.] of November) of the Pilgrims in the New World.

These measures of repression aroused great indignation in Europe, and led first to the intervention of the English, French and Russian squadrons (see Navarino, Battle Of), and then to the landing of a French expeditionary force.

Another breathless climb brought our adventurers to a third landing where there was a rift in the mountain.

Our favourite walk was to Keller's Landing, an old tumbledown lumber-wharf on the Tennessee River, used during the Civil War to land soldiers.

Keller's Landing was used during the war to land troops, but has long since gone to pieces, and is overgrown with moss and weeds.

On the landing below, Philip, the footman, stood looking scared and holding another candle.

The mirrors on the landing reflected ladies in white, pale-blue, and pink dresses, with diamonds and pearls on their bare necks and arms.

He went along the whole length of this passage to the stairs and, frowning and rubbing his forehead with both hands, went down as far as the first landing.

From the landing where Pierre stood there was a second staircase leading to the back entrance.

It was anticipated that the Japanese would make a landing here to regroup for a final attack on Singapore.

From the top they descend through the tube and channels riding on a rubber dinghy, to the landing station below.

Wildlife has remained scanty apart from the flying fish which have a habit of landing on the ship 's deck overnight.

Among the memorabilia you see as you wander around the mansion is the initial 1938 British request for seaplane landing rights in Dubai Creek.

Six steps down from Smythe 's landing the man in shirt sleeves was doing something with a pail.

Space shuttle makes safe landing The space shuttle has landed safely back on Earth.

Spark arresters can prevent sparks from the flue landing on the thatch, however they must be cleaned regularly.

The middle floor has a split-level master bedroom with balcony, landing and a side access master bathroom.

Old furniture A photo of a 17th or 18th century carved chair found in a hotel stairwell landing in Northallerton, West Yorkshire.

Just before the stroke of halftime the curse of ankle injuries struck again, Higdon suffered this time by landing funny on his ankle.

A curling free-kick from Reid beat all and sundry in the box before hitting Hermann Hreidarsson and landing in the arms of Kirkland.

Or equally we could say we clearly are just thrashing around in the dark in the hope of landing a winner.

The gargoyle leaped through, landing with a thud on the floor.

The island remains a strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean and serves as an emergency landing location for transpacific flights.

Another Spitfire from the same squadron and base as above undershot the runway and hit the perimeter fence, landing after night flying practice.

In 1998, the cruise ship industry denied landing rights to a vessel chartered by 900 gay vacationers.

During the latter stages of landing, it is possible for aircraft vortices to make contact with roofs of properties close to the Airport.

The landing has a good sized walk-in storage cupboard with shelving.

He studies the fishing ground and all other factors likely to enhance his chances of ` landing the whopper '.

Remember your baby or toddler needs to drink during take-off and landing to avoid ear problems.

You will make a better decision based on information and research, landing a deal that will not hurt your bank account.

Cats seem to possess an inborn ability to finagle their way out of harmful situations, and one of the manifestations of this ability is the act of landing on all four feet after a fall.

Visit the official opt-out website and fill out the form to stop prescreened offers from landing in your mailbox.

If you have hardwood or tile floors in your master bedroom, a large area rug placed under the bed with about 3 feet extra on either side will give your feet a soft, warm landing in the morning.

You can increase your likelihood of landing a major deal if you time your shopping strategically.

However, there is plenty to be aware of before striking out toward landing your dream agent.

The best chance for landing a great job will go to those who are licensed to provide a wide range of services or specialties.

Totally and completely free, the landing page claims that you can be browsing singles in 30 seconds.

Not only did the movie bring Spiderman face-to-face with two major villains, the plot also turned Peter Parker against himself as he struggled with the dark side inflicted upon him by the crash landing of an alien symbiote.

Since the job market is tight, teens should apply for as many jobs as possible to increase the odds of landing a position.

These include men's only programs at Sunrise Recovery, The Landing for Men and the The Cabrito House.

Born in the Bronx in 1969, Jennifer Lopez diligently worked to hone her skills as a dancer before landing a role as a "Fly Girl" on television's In Living Color.

She became a household name after landing the title role in Selena and the rest, as they say, is history.

On July 20, Haley Joel Osment's A.I. failed him when he crashed his car, resulting in his car landing right-side down.

The court case raged on for close to a decade, involving both state and federal courts before finally landing in front of the United States Supreme Court, which ruled in Anna's favor and allows her to continue fighting for the money.

Critics and film executives took notice of the new talent, and it wasn't long before Colin Farrell was landing major roles - opposite major actors.

Although The Sun was now history, she was able to move on and pose for Playboy, landing the cover of the September 2002 issue.

An agent signed her immediately, and she was successful in landing roles on The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, and Beverly Hills, 90210 in 2000.

Beyonce, fresh off of landing the distinguished honor of "Most Desirable Woman" by AskMen.com, has now landed the coveted Sports Illustrated modeling gig.

In 1990, Kelly Ripa hit the big time, landing an award-winning role on the ABC soap opera, All My Children.

With his incredible talent and striking good looks, it wasn't long before he was landing starring roles in films such as Brokeback Mountain, Monster's Ball, and A Knight's Tale.

The show was an instant success, landing in the top 10 from the very beginning.

Following the series' run, Garth continued to star in television movies before landing a role in the 2002 sitcom What I Like About You, with Amanda Bynes.

Kristy Swanson started her career at just 15 years old, acting in commercials before landing movie roles.

Patridge says that she took the photos and sent them to Playboy magazine in hopes of landing a modeling gig.

All the doubts can now be laid to rest as her self titled album made its mark on Billboard's Top Country charts, landing in the much coveted Number One spot.

After losing her job at SNL, Silverman returned to stand-up, landing a few small parts on Seinfeld, Star Trek Voyager and The Naked Truth along the way.

Silverman kept landing small parts in big movies until she signed a deal with HBO to write and star in her own show.

After the South East Asian country was ravished by the Vietnam War, the Nguyen family moved the United States, landing in Houston, Texas.

By the time she was 16, in an attempt to escape her troubles, she fled from her Houston home, landing in New York.

Born in the heart of the Midwest in Ely, Minnesota, the young Miss Biel and her parents and younger brother moved often, landing in Texas, Illinois and Connecticut before permanently relocating to Boulder, Colorado.

Dirty Dancing became the first movie to sell over one million copies on home video.After Dirty Dancing, Swayze appeared in a couple of other productions, including Road House, before landing his second blockbuster leading role.

While no official cause of death has been pronounced, it is widely speculated that Mays' death was the direct result of being struck in the head with an object after a harsh airplane landing the night before his passing.

The flight took a hard and fast landing at Tampa International Airport, blowing out the front tires and spreading debris on the runway.

After landing the much coveted magazine cover, people in the modeling and entertainment industry began to take notice of the German beauty.

In 2004, Klum found runway success in a different sort of way, by landing a hosting gig on the ever-popular show Project Runway.

By 1970 she was known to be one of Hollywood's up and coming stars, landing a role in her first Broadway show, The Boy Friend.

Through one of these opportunities, you might find yourself landing the job of your dreams shortly after graduating, a lot quicker than you would have had you not gone to college!

If you don't envision landing an education, teaching, or related job that will pull in enough to pay off your loans and cover additional bills, keep searching for more affordable programs.

With a range of employment options and a very competitive market, landing a job with this prestigious cruise company can lead to exceptional experiences and a memorable career.

The Sea Voyager is equipped with a fleet of zodiac landing craft as well as single and double kayaks that you can board to make onshore excursions at a moment's notice.

Keep in mind that landing a cruise job is difficult, in any country.

This list includes the hits It's Not My Time, I Feel You, Landing in London, So I Need You and more.

What he wouldn't know until later on after landing is that approximately $1,200.00 worth of damage was done to his Taylor guitar during that incident.

With these practical jokes, you can be sure to make your victim sweat without damaging their precious vehicle, or landing yourself in trouble for vandalism.

A flight landing at Chicago Midway International Airport overran a runway during a snowstorm, crashing into auto traffic on a local street and killing a passenger in one of the autos.

Maverick is located in the park's Frontier Town section on the former site of the family flume ride, White Water Landing, and the coaster's mild theming and bucking bronco logo fit well with this area of the park.

An exploding planet was projected onto a massive screen, the shuttles flew through a detailed debris field, and the final landing in Alaska was accompanied by scenes of the futuristic frozen tundra.

The key feature of the resort, however, is Bear Track Landing, the indoor water park.

Slide down the side of Wild Rivers Mountain on an exhilarating 500 foot plunge aboard a single or double tube, splashing into the landing pool.

Your plane takes the inevitable hit, and you end up landing away from your squad.

Getting the right sequences of buttons before you hit air, while you're in the air, and landing is the key.