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Chinese landings

Chinese landings is the plural of Chinese landing.

Meaning of Chinese landing

Noun

Chinese landing (plural Chinese landings)

  1. (slang) The landing of an aircraft with one wing lower than the other.
    • Undershootings, overshootings, skewshootings and Chinese landings (with one wing low) were a constant worry to Station Commanders, and inability, by reason of shot and shell, to lower or lock landing wheels took a heavy toll.1971, Alastair Revie, The Lost Command, page 69

Questions about Chinese landings

What is Chinese landings the plural of?
Chinese landings is the plural of Chinese landing.

Words near Chinese landings in the dictionary

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