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dead-stick landing
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Kinga | | KEEN-gah (Polish), KEEN-gaw (Hungarian) | Polish, Hungarian |
| Adebayo | | - | Western African, Yoruba |
| Manny | | MAN-ee | English |
| TÕNis | | - | Estonian |
| Julia | | ['dʒu:ljə] | |
| Melissa | | mə-LIS-ə (English) | English, Dutch, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology |