Alighting. The act of making contact with water.
Altimeter. An instrument, usually a converted type of aneroid barometer, graduated to indicate height above a given datum, usually sea level.
The sea conditions (at ... position) ...
1) permit alighting but not take-off.
2) render alighting extremely hazardous.
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A gate at an airport terminal for alighting and boarding of passengers and/or freight at a specified time.
Tonne kilometres available ...
Beneath the body a sort of skate will be noticed, probably intended to glide over the ground in alighting, or in obtaining initial velocity to rise should a motor be applied; ...
 See also: Flight, Aircraft, Aviation, Aeroplane, Plane
  
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