单词 | belly-land |
释义 | > as lemmasbelly-land d. Applied to the under part of the fuselage of an aeroplane. Hence belly-landing, a crash-landing of an aeroplane on its belly without use of the undercarriage; also (as a back-formation) belly-land v.; belly tank, a reserve fuel tank carried in the ‘belly’ of an aeroplane. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > fuselage > lower part of chassis1903 belly1917 under-belly1960 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > emergency > with undercarriage retracted pancake1912 pancaking1912 belly flop1938 belly-landing1939 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > fuel tank slip-tank1869 belly tank1940 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > land > land with undercarriage retracted bellyflop1942 belly-land1944 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 50 They saw an enemy plane turn over, show a white, gleaming belly, and drop in zigzags. 1939 Flight 19 Oct. 314/1 A bellylanding can be made without personal damage in almost any reasonable terrain. 1940 R. Hartley Aeronaut. Dict. 16 Belly Tank. 1942 Aircraft of Fighting Powers III. 66/1 The S–OO fighters could pursue them over long distances due to their long range of 1,600 miles when fitted with the external stream-lined belly tank. 1943 T. D. Gordon Coastal Command x. 94 The Hudsons..went down to sea-level, to guard themselves from a belly attack. 1944 Sun (Baltimore) 10 June 2/3 Johnson bellylanded his plane safely near the spot where he had seen Allied troops from the air. 1958 Times 15 Oct. 16/6 A Jordanian Air Force pilot..climbed without a scratch..from a Vampire jet aircraft yesterday after a ‘belly-landing’ at nearly 200 m.p.h. < as lemmas |
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