Dead-stick Definition

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adjective

Designating a landing made by an aircraft or spacecraft without using power.

Webster's New World

verb

To land an aircraft without power.

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To fly, especially to land, an aircraft without power.

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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.

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adverb

Without aircraft-engine power.

He landed dead stick.

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Other Word Forms of Dead-stick

Singular:

dead-stick

Plural:

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

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dead +‎ stick

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