Hi folks,
I was wondering if anyone on the forum could shed any light on why an emergency landing with no engine power is referred to as a ‘deadstick’ landing? As we all know,the stick is normally the main control column attached to the flight controls,so which ‘stick’ is supposed to be dead? Was the throttle lever at one time referred to as a ‘stick’?
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 7th December 2004 at 16:10
Reference:
W.E. Johns author of Biggles books, and, less well known, highly experienced instructor and crack pilot in 55 (Bomber) Sqn. He mentions these and other pre-1918 definitions in his glossary in the early Biggles books.
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By: JDK - 7th December 2004 at 10:26
Reference:
W.E. Johns author of Biggles books, and, less well known, highly experienced instructor and crack pilot in 55 (Bomber) Sqn. He mentions these and other pre-1918 definitions in his glossary in the early Biggles books.
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 7th December 2004 at 08:52
You are so easily satisfied.
By: Ant.H - 7th December 2004 at 00:57
Aha! Cheers Melv,that’s that one cleared up. Someone asked me about it the other day and it’s bugged me since. I shall sleep soundly this evening. 😀
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 6th December 2004 at 15:29
It refers to the prop, the stick, having stopped or being, in any way defined in the parrot sketch, dead
By: Olivier Lacombe - 6th December 2004 at 15:09
Maybe it’s because that if you mess it up, you’ll end up as a dead stick!
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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