- dead-stick landing
- noun Date: circa 1917 a landing of an airplane or spacecraft made without power
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dead-stick landing
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dead-stick landing — /ded stik / Aeron., Aerospace. a landing of an airplane or space vehicle with the engine cut off. [1930 35] * * * dead stick landing «DEHD STIHK», a landing of an aircraft with the engine off: »Gravity slows him and beckons him back to earth and… … Useful english dictionary
dead-stick landing — /ˌdɛd stɪk ˈlændɪŋ/ (say .ded stik landing) noun Aeronautics a landing made with a dead engine …
dead-stick landing — /ded stik / Aeron., Aerospace. a landing of an airplane or space vehicle with the engine cut off. [1930 35] * * * … Universalium
dead stick — 1. noun a) An unpowered propeller. I had to land with a dead stick. b) Failed aircraft power. The 767 made a miraculous dead stick landing at an abandoned Canadian airfield. 2. adverb Without aircraft engine power. H … Wiktionary
dead-stick — [ded′stik΄] adj. designating a landing made by an aircraft or spacecraft without using power * * * … Universalium
dead-stick — [ded′stik΄] adj. designating a landing made by an aircraft or spacecraft without using power … English World dictionary
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