The way I do deadstick landings is to put most of the drag out early and stay very tight to the field. |
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Training will include deadstick landings, crosswind take-offs and landings, go-arounds, and engine failure after takeoff. |
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A deadstick landing is no time to lose your concentration and I flipped right over when I hit the deck. |
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Whitey tried a deadstick landing in the Selway River and almost made it with only six feet of one wing snagging a tree. |
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Because of its high wing loading, I did not attempt any deadstick landings. |
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I like practicing my deadstick landings so I can get more comfortable with the plane just in case that unplanned-for event occurs. |
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Both airplanes had stalled and crashed during desperate attempts to make deadstick landings after careless fuel exhaustion. |
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Another deadstick landing followed and this time he even had the time to turn left and clear the runway before bring the Spitfire to a halt. |
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The guys who do the best deadstick landings in the simulator are all glider pilots. |
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One version had me bringing the aircraft to a perfect deadstick landing after an engine failure at 1,000 ft or so. |
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In another incident, in November, another Beechjet 400 had to make a deadstick landing after dual engine failure during a descent from 38,000 ft. |
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Shot down on 9 August 1945, while bombing Ominato airfield, an F4U Corsair flown by Lt. Vernon T. Coumbre made a deadstick landing five miles offshore. |
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In a real plane, dead stick landings are pretty uncommon, but simulated power failures and deadstick landings are a required part of the curriculum. |
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Two of the in-flight events ended in successful deadstick landings. |
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The story related that after the Navy torpedo bomber made a deadstick landing on the airfield the pilot stepped out of the cockpit and was shot down in cold blood. |
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