Immelmann

Variant of Immelmann (turn)

Immelmann (turn) definition

Im·mel·mann (turn) (im′əl mən; also, -män′)

noun

a maneuver in which an airplane is half looped to an upside-down position and then half rolled back to normal, upright flight: used to gain altitude while reversing direction

Etymology: after M. Immelmann (1890-1916), Ger ace

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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