three-point landing
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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
Too many space enthusiasts, says Porter, assume that the descent on the moon would be "a simple . . . perfect three-point landing!"
From Time Magazine Archive
David's plane circled prettily, made a three-point landing.
From Time Magazine Archive
While firemen, police and an ambulance assembled, he made several bungling attempts to land, then made a neat three-point landing before them all.
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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
