flare-out
[See flare-up and flare v.]
1. = flare-up 2 b.
| 1879 M{supc}Carthy Donna Quixote xvii, Paulina had a hard struggle many a time to keep down her temper, and not to have what she would have called a flare-out. |
2. Aeronaut. A lessening of the steepness of the glide path of an aircraft about to land (see flare v. 4 d).
| 1944 [see flare v. 4 d]. 1958 Times 17 Oct. 3/4 An automatic landing is completed with the aid of a Standard Telephones radio altimeter which gives an accurate measurement of height above ground and is used for the ‘flare-out’ (levelling off to land). 1963 Spectator 22 Mar. 351 With BLEU the flare-out is beautifully smooth and accurate. The judgement of the touchdown point is exact. |