Immelmann (turn)

Im·mel·mann [turn]

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

Origin of Immelmann (turn)

after M. Immelmann (1890-1916), German ace

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Noun

(plural Immelmann turns)

(military, aviation, archaic) a fighter pilot maneuver resembling the aerobatic wingover or hammer-head turn, originally developed by Max Immelmann
(aviation) the roll-off-the-top aerobatic maneuver, a reverse split-S

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