Immelmann turn

British  

/ -mən, ˈɪməlˌmɑːn /

noun

1. an aircraft manoeuvre used to gain height while reversing the direction of flight. It consists of a half loop followed by a half roll

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Etymology

Origin of Immelmann turn

C20: named after Max Immelmann (1890–1916), German aviator

Example Sentences

He side-slipped the bus, pulled it around in an Immelmann turn, and then felt the rudder-controls until we were in the required direction.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet the 'Immelmann turn', so called, whereby a machine, after performing half a loop, falls rapidly away on one wing, was a manœuvre which, when first used by the enemy, proved fatal to many of our pilots.

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At the end of four, five, or six hours' solo these men could do all the high maneuvers, commonly thought dangerous, such as the barrel roll, the loop, the stall turn, the Immelmann turn.

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