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dead man’s curve

dead man’s curve
 n.— «Failure of the clutch cable in the final moments of a , when the pilot hovers at low altitude before , wouldn’t have left Nagle enough time or airspeed momentum to recover—a vulnerable zone pilots call the dead man’s curve, slang for the height-velocity curve.» —“Lucky to be alive” by Patrick Springer The Forum (Fargo, N.D.) Apr. 25, 2005. (: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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