pancake landingnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpæn.keɪk ˈlæn.dɪŋ/us/ˌpæn.keɪk ˈlæn.dɪŋ/an occasion when an aircraft lands without using its wheels by dropping onto the ground from a low height, because it has a problem and cannot continue to fly
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Air travel: aviation
- aerial
- aero-
- Air Miles
- air-dash
- airlift
- airspeed
- baggage allowance
- bail
- bank
- bomber
- buzz
- crash-land
- FAA
- flight
- flight simulator
- fly
- lane
- slipstream
- throttle
- throttle (sth) back/down
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