Dead-stick Definition

dedstik
adjective
Designating a landing made by an aircraft or spacecraft without using power.
Webster's New World
verb
To land an aircraft without power.
Wiktionary
To fly, especially to land, an aircraft without power.
Wiktionary
noun
An unpowered propeller.
I had to land with a dead stick.
Wiktionary
(often used attributively) Failed aircraft power.
The 767 made a miraculous dead stick landing at an abandoned Canadian airfield.
Wiktionary
adverb
Without aircraft-engine power.
He landed dead stick.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Dead-stick

Noun

Singular:
dead-stick
Plural:
dead-sticks

Origin of Dead-stick

  • From stick (“wooden two-bladed propeller”), possibly confounded with stick-like aircraft-engine throttles.

    From Wiktionary

  • dead +‎ stick

    From Wiktionary

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