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OCR: FLIGHT Leonardo studied the motion of LANDING GEAR airand invented its the effects first on obj instruments iects He history to measure wind speed, atmospheric pressure and the degree of tilt of a flying craft. lthough he never figured out how to get his flying machines off the ground Leonardo designed landing gear for them Leonardo described the hooks at the base of the ladders as "toes" that would keep the machine stable when it hit the ground. Leonardo's landing gear could HT also be used by passengers to embark and disembark FLIGI from the flying machine. "When itis off the ground, pull the ladders up as shown in the figure. This is how you should take off from plain The ladders serve as legs. 1996 SoftKey Multimedia Inc. subsidiary of SoftKey International Inc objects desi gned