Flight phases

thumb|Landing of Hawker Sea Fury FB 10 Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called "landing", "touchdown" or "splashdown" as well. A normal aircraft flight would include several parts of flight including taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent and landing.

thumb|An McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 taking off from an [[aircraft carrier]] thumb|An Embraer E175 taking off Takeoff or take-off is the phase of flight during which an aerial vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne. For space vehicles that launch vertically, this is known as liftoff.

movement of an object through the gases of an atmosphere from outer space

thumb|Airbus [[jet airliners taxiing at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport]] thumb|A privately owned Sea Vixen taxis back from an [[air show flight, with wings folding as it moves.]]

thumb|upright=1.5 In aviation, a go-around is an aborted landing of an aircraft that is on final approach or has already touched down. A go-around can either be initiated by the pilot flying or requested by air traffic control for various reasons, such as an unstabilized approach or an obstruction on the runway.

level flight after an aircraft climbs to a set altitude and before it begins to descend

standard path followed by aircraft when taking off or landing, while maintaining visual contact with the airfield

aeronautic procedure

flight maneuver

flight maneuver to transition from normal flight into position for landing

flight maneuver

aircraft taxiing in close formation before takeoff

program of the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt

method used by an aircraft to depart and return to the ground