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Thompson came in nose-high, hoping the dragging tail would slow the plane on the short six thousand feet runway and that he could steer by revving and slowing the engines on both sides.

Daring Young Men RICHARD REEVES 2010

The plane's unusually nose-high attitude and the rolling motion of the wings described by eyewitnesses, according to this retired pilot, is consistent with handling characteristics of a takeoff without flaps.

Error With Flaps May Have Led 2008

Once the plane is on the ground, though, admirers are awed at its regal, nose-high posture -- the result of the small wheel that supports it aft (where passengers board for a sharp climb forward to their seats).

This War Hero Still Flies 2008

He brings the nose up even more, now to almost twenty-degrees nose-high, watching the rate of descent decrease to nearly zero as he trades airspeed for maintaining altitude.

Orbit John J. Nance 2006

He brings the nose up even more, now to almost twenty-degrees nose-high, watching the rate of descent decrease to nearly zero as he trades airspeed for maintaining altitude.

Orbit John J. Nance 2006

Then, Stanger would tilt the plane, nose-high or nose-low, making the student recover by trusting the instruments.

CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2006 2006

We slow the airplane down and get to a really nose-high attitude.

CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2001 2001

They had one of two choices: weave far to the sides at decent airspeed to avoid running away from the A-4s; or get nose-high and slow, hoping they had enough energy to dodge a SAM.

On Yankee Station Nichols, Tillman 1988

The tail-wheel aircraft had a typically nose-high attitude which made it next to impossible to see anything in front.

Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984

The tail-wheel aircraft had a typically nose-high attitude which made it next to impossible to see anything in front.

Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984