Immelmann turn (English, noun)
expansion: Immelmann turn (plural Immelmann turns)
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glosses: A WWI-era fighter pilot maneuver resembling the aerobatic wingover or hammer-head turn, originally developed by Max Immelmann.
tags: archaic
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The roll-off-the-top aerobatic maneuver, where an aircraft in upright level flight pulls up through one-half of an inside loop until in level inverted flight and then rolls upright, ending up in upright level flight in the opposite direction at a higher altitude; a reverse split S.
Forms:
form: Immelmann turns
tags: plural