nosefirst

nosefirst (comparative more nosefirst, superlative most nosefirst)

1. Alternative form of nose-first
   • 1986, Aviation Cases - Volume 20:

     At this point in time — approximately 300 feet above the ground— the aircraft was rapidly descending downward in a nosefirst attitude.

   • 2003, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society - Volume 56, page 110:

     However the drawback to this approach is that the nosefirst attitude is aerodynamically unstable since the aft mounted engine package pulls the empty center of gravity a considerable distance behind the hypersonic center of pressure.

   • 2009, Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, →ISBN, page 217:

     Her snow machine was nosefirst in the snowbank on the right-hand side of the creek.

nosefirst (comparative more nosefirst, superlative most nosefirst)

1. Alternative form of nose-first
   • 1977, William E. Burrows, Vigilante!, page 28:

     The defeat was made complete when Morton's only functioning follower ran nosefirst into the point of a sword held by one of Standish's men.

   • 1992, Joe Foss, Paul McCarthy, Top Guns, →ISBN, page 285:

     The sight of a destroyer slipping nosefirst beneath the water, carrying its crew to their deaths, was something that I could no longer watch.

   • 2014, Joseph Monninger, Stay Alive #1: Crash, →ISBN:

     It dropped nosefirst, and though Russell tried to get the nose to rise, the weight of the engine forced it down.

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