Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 3 compound words that contain landings. The most common are listed below. Open landings in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- emergency landingsplural of emergency landing: A sudden landing of an aircraft, made in case of an on-board emergency or another reason requiring an immediate landing.
- moon landingsplural of moon landing: The safe arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.
- water landingsplural of water landing: An emergency landing in water, especially by aircraft not designed to land on water.
- deadstick landingsplural of deadstick landing: A forced landing without propulsion of an aircraft that normally operates with propulsion.
- happy landingsSuccessful arrivals on land (by air or water), without any untoward incidents.
- belly landingsplural of belly landing: A landing of an aircraft without the landing gear being deployed.
- black landingsplural of black landing: An illegal fishing trawl in excess of fishing quotas.
- Chinese landingsplural of Chinese landing: The landing of an aircraft with one wing lower than the other.
- crash landingsplural of crash landing
- fleet landingsplural of fleet landing: The place along a shoreline or pier used by sailors to go ashore or board a boat
- half-landingsplural of half-landing: A small landing between two flights of stairs that connect adjacent floors of a building.
- hard landingsplural of hard landing: An excessively-forceful touchdown, potentially causing damage to the aircraft.
- rejected landingsplural of rejected landing: A go-around maneuver initiated after the aircraft has already touched down or is bouncing after a hard landing.
- soft landingsplural of soft landing: A landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload or the vehicle.
- superhero landingsplural of superhero landing: An action pose where someone is supported by three limbs — specifically: kneeling with one leg, while only the other foot and one hand are also touching the ground — typically seen when a superhero lands after …
- pancake landingsplural of pancake landing: An emergency landing in which an aircraft drops flat from a low altitude with no wheels deployed.
- greased landingsplural of greased landing: A very soft landing.
- full-stop landingsplural of full-stop landing: A landing in which the aircraft comes to a full stop (rather than performing a go-around or touch-and-go).
- gear-up landingsplural of gear-up landing: A landing of an aircraft with the landing gear retracted due to the pilot(s) forgetting to extend the gear or to take some other action necessary for the gear to deploy.
- three-point landingsplural of three-point landing: An airplane landing in which the two main landing gears and the front landing gear or rear landing gear or skid all touch the ground simultaneously.
- balked landingsplural of balked landing: A go-around initiated after the aircraft has already touched down on the runway.
- touch-and-go landingsplural of touch-and-go landing: A landing on a runway immediately followed by a takeoff without an intervening full stop.
Compound words 3
- airlandingsplural of airlanding: present participle and gerund of airland
- autolandingsplural of autolanding: A landing made automatically by a system on the aircraft, with the flight crew only supervising the process.
- garlandingsplural of garlanding: present participle and gerund of garland