three-point landing
Americannoun
noun
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an aircraft landing in which the two main wheels and the nose or tail wheel all touch the ground simultaneously
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a successful conclusion
Etymology
Origin of three-point landing
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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What TV needs are more bad interviews--unpredictable showdowns that don't glide to a safe three-point landing.
From Time Magazine Archive
At New York's Floyd Bennett Field, Edward Somers, 12-year-old son of Brooklyn Congressman Andrew L. Somers, stepped into an airplane, took off for a 15-min. solo flight, then made a perfect three-point landing.
From Time Magazine Archive
David's plane circled prettily, made a three-point landing.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I became airborne and did a three-point landing," Moore says, and at one of those points, her right wrist, she broke two tiny bones: a metacarpal and the capitatum.
From Time Magazine Archive
They made a three-point landing on the outskirts of Capetown, and she told Jem he hadn’t given her anything to say for ten minutes and she wasn’t going to play any more if he didn’t.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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