dead-stick landing

The landing of an air or space craft without power (i.e., one whose control stick is "dead"). (Also written as "deadstick landing.") After the storm knocked out both of the plane's engines, the pilot was forced to performed a harrowing dead-stick landing.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
SaŠA	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Zarah	-	Biblical
Sture	STOO-re (Swedish)	Swedish, Medieval Scandinavian
Fred	[fred]
Andreas	ahn-DRE-ahs (German, Swedish), ahn-DRHAY-ahs (Dutch)	German, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Gre
Dobroslava	-	Czech