nose down
Aircraft pitching forward
Nose down describes the position or movement of an aircraft with its nose angled toward the ground, the opposite of nose up.
Pilots nose down to descend or increase airspeed: The captain nosed down through the cloud layer.
The phrase can apply to any vehicle or object tilting forward: The boat nosed down into the trough of the wave.
- diveHeadfirst water entry
- descendMove to lower position
- plungeSudden steep descent
- pitchFrequency of sound
- dropFall or release
losing altitude · tilt · dip · swoop · nosedive · cockpit · altitude · descent · controlled descent · flight path · airplane · crash · spiral · steep · falling · downward · angle · aviation
- Aviation Slangroger, mayday, pan-pan, squawk, affirmative
- flightflying, fly, flight, aviation, aircraft
- flight maneuversturn, dive, climb, roll, glide
- landingslanding, touchdown, touch and go, emergency landing, soft landing