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dead-stick [ded′stik΄]adj.designating a landing made by an aircraft or spacecraft without using power
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dead-stick landing — noun Date: circa 1917 a landing of an airplane or spacecraft made without power … New Collegiate Dictionary
dead-stick landing — /ded stik / Aeron., Aerospace. a landing of an airplane or space vehicle with the engine cut off. [1930 35] * * * … Universalium
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