Chinese landing

English[edit]

	The Tea room⁽⁺⁾ is discussing this entry at the moment.
	Please come along and share your opinions on this and the other topics being discussed there.

From the phrase "one wing low", thought to sound like a Chinese name. Compare Chinese ace.

Chinese landing (plural Chinese landings)

(military, slang) The landing of an aircraft with one wing lower than the other.
- 1971, Alastair Revie, The Lost Command, page 69:
  Undershootings, overshootings, skewshootings and Chinese landings (with one wing low) were a constant worry to Station Commanders, and inability, by reason of shot and shell, to lower or lock landing wheels took a heavy toll.