Sentence examples for land at an angle from inspiring English sources

It was intended to provide a better firing position and, starting from both battalions' lines, headed into no man's land at an angle of forty-five degrees to the old line.

Wakefield minimised the problem by approaching the landing deck at an angle with the ship slowly moving.

The site was roughly S-shaped: the entrance from Westminster Bridge Road led to a strip of land at a right angle to the entrance and running behind existing buildings on Westminster Bridge Road.

Likewise, if you attached the rover beneath the lander, it could get trapped if the legs sank into sandy ground or landed at an odd angle.

DETECTIVE: Our boys from the lab have determined that the eggs landed at a downward angle of thirty-seven degrees, from a southwesterly direction, and with an approach velocity of 28.6 miles per hour.

Slowly, the boat started leaning toward one side, eventually settling on dry land at a 45 degree angle.

The pilot aborted the landing and took off at an angle that would have given the space shuttle a run for its money.

Next, hop as you move your right foot behind where your left foot was, landing with your right foot at an angle toward the right side.

Philae landed in the shadows instead of in bright sunlight after a bumpy landing that saw it wedge itself at an angle in a ditch or close to a rock face.

To ease the exit, controllers had pushed down the back "petal" of the Opportunity's landing platform, pitching the rover forward at an angle of 12 degrees.

It meant the lander's final resting place was about half a mile from the initial landing site and left Philae lying at an angle and its solar panels partially obscured.