feet dry

feet dry

1. (military, aviation) Flying over land.

   Antonym: feet wet

   • 1979, Approach, volume 24, number 11:

     The aircraft headed “feet-dry” by the pilot's judicious use of rudders and afterburners.

   • 1994, Paul T. Gillcrist, Tomcat!: The Grumman F-14 Story, page 196:

     Feet wet: Fighter direction brevity code used to report that a plane had left land ("feet dry") and was now over water.