14 CFR § 25.1515 - Landing gear speeds.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s25.1515"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 25.1515 - Landing gear speeds."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "25.1515"
section_name: "Landing gear speeds."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIRCRAFT"
part_number: "25"
part_name: "AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: TRANSPORT CATEGORY AIRPLANES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701, 44702 and 44704; Pub. L. 115-254, 132 Stat 3281 (49 U.S.C. 44903 note)."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. 5066, 29 FR 18291, Dec. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "25"
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# 25.1515 Landing gear speeds.
(a) The established landing gear operating speed or speeds, *V*<sub>LO,</sub> may not exceed the speed at which it is safe both to extend and to retract the landing gear, as determined under § 25.729 or by flight characteristics. If the extension speed is not the same as the retraction speed, the two speeds must be designated as *V*<sub>LO(EXT)</sub> and *V*<sub>LO(RET),</sub> respectively.
(b) The established landing gear extended speed *V*<sub>LE</sub> may not exceed the speed at which it is safe to fly with the landing gear secured in the fully extended position, and that determined under § 25.729.
[Doc. No. 5066, 29 FR 18291, Dec. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 25-38, 41 FR 55468, Dec. 20, 1976]