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pancake landing
noun
Definition of PANCAKE LANDING
: a landing in which the airplane is stalled usually unintentionally above the landing surface causing it to drop abruptly in an approximately horizontal position with little forward motion
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First Known Use of PANCAKE LANDING
1928
Rhymes with PANCAKE LANDING
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