Sentence examples for normal touchdown point from inspiring English sources

They therefore tried to touch down before the normal touchdown point, investigators said.

The crew members compared that number to a chart showing the runway length; they did not realize that the computer's number included the "air run" distance from the end of the runway to the normal touchdown point.

In 1883 he secured the adoption of a scale of numerical values for scoring by touchdown, point after touchdown, field goal, and safety.

They were located between 10 km and the touchdown point under the flight path.

Fatigue design of a steel catenary riser (SCR) at the touchdown point is a challenging problem.

The riser's pipe is suspended from a semisubmersible and smoothly extending down to the cohesive seabed soils at the touchdown point in a catenary shape.

In this paper, we present data recorded under flight path at a lateral distance of 2 km to the touchdown point.

Figure 2 presents noise levels under the flight path versus the approach distance between 10 km and the touchdown point on the runway.

The touchdown point attracts the worst bending stresses and is subject to the greatest uncertainties, such as those arising from the riser-seabed contact.

That meant that coastal areas near touchdown points for Marine One, the presidential helicopter, demanded extra inspection.

The obtained spectral information will also provide significant information for selecting Hayabusa2's touchdown points.