Definition of Three-point landing

1. Noun. A landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Three-point Landing

three-martini lunches
three-membered
three-mile limit
three-milk cake
three-minute warning
three-nerved
three-on-the-tree
three-parted
three-party
three-peat
three-piece
three-piece suit
three-pile
three-ply
three-point landing (current term)
three-point line
three-point lines
three-point shot
three-point switch
three-point turn
three-pointed
three-pronged
three-quarter
three-quarter back
three-quarter backs
three-quarter bathroom
three-quarter bathrooms
three-quarter binding
three-quarter brother

Literary usage of Three-point landing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Airplane: A Practical Discussion of the Principles of Airplane Flight by Frederick Bedell (1920)
"Over-control after a steep glide is likely to occur, for the velocity acquired during the glide renders the controls over-sensitive. A three-point landing, ..."

2. The Airplane: A Practical Discussion of the Principles of Airplane Flight by Frederick Bedell (1920)
"A three-point landing, in which the tail skid touches the ground at the same time as the two wheels, is considered a good landing under most conditions. ..."

3. The Airplane: A Practical Discussion of the Principles of Airplane Flight by Frederick Bedell (1922)
"A three-point landing, in which the tail skid touches the ground at the same time as the two wheels, is considered a good landing under most conditions. ..."

4. New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past (2007)
"In due time the long-billed bird made a perfect three-point landing in either the Leeds cabbage patch or rose garden, depending on which school of ..."

5. Practical Flying: Complete Course of Flying Instruction by William Gordon McMinnies, Henry Graeme Anderson (1918)
"This is called a three- point landing and indicates that the machine has been held off the ground up to the very last moment. In landing, it is always good ..."

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