Plain English Meaning

You pull the throttle to idle next to your chosen landing spot, then glide all the way around — turning base, then final — and land right where you planned, without using the engine again.

Full Definition

A precision accuracy landing maneuver in which the pilot reduces engine power to idle abeam a preselected touchdown point on the downwind leg, then flies a continuous 180-degree descending turn through base and final to land on or beyond that point without adding power. The pilot manages glide path entirely by adjusting bank, width, , and the use of , with no further use of power.