volplane
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
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Etymology
Origin of volplane
1905–10; < French vol plané glided flight, equivalent to vol flight (noun derivative of voler < Latin volāre to fly) + plané, past participle of planer to glide ( see plane 1)
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Meanwhile Sir Alan Cobham had been forced by a faulty spark plug to volplane to earth near Nuneaton.
From Time Magazine Archive
One was still maintaining a terrific altitude, and showed no signs of making a volplane.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Edward S. Hodgson
After a few vain attacks, they turned and we followed, each of us took one and soon forced them to volplane to earth.
From An Aviator's Field Book Being the field reports of Oswald Bölcke, from August 1, 1914 to October 28, 1916 by Oswald Boelcke
It was the evening before when the Bolo airman, who had dropped two small bombs at the Americans at Obozerskaya, was obliged to volplane to earth on the railroad near the 464 outguard.
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns
How about the wings of the airplane standing the strain when Tom suddenly brought that volplane to a stop and tried to sail on an even keel again?
From Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret by Charles Amory Beach
He had crossed the landing field afoot and had just reached the belt of trees when the machine volplaned to the field behind him.
From The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border by Gerald Breckenridge
When he had to come down he found he was right near our airdrome, so he volplaned right down on our field.
From The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps by James R. [pseud.] Driscoll
Others in long slants volplaned toward the hidden sea, miles below the cloud-plain.
From The Flying Legion by George Allan England
So I cut off the ignition and volplaned.
From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Louis Joseph Vance
She volplaned, flattened out a thousand feet or so above the island, circled as the searchlight, losing her when she dipped, sought her again with wide sweeping gestures of its accusing white finger.
From The Thunder Bird by B. M. Bower
We have the devotees of St. Vitus' dance called Jazz . . . volplaning down the descending scale.
From Time Magazine Archive
To Bob, who having crossed the crest of the hill had shut off his motor and volplaning, the shots and cries of the attackers came distinctly.
From The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border by Gerald Breckenridge
The sea was running high, and, although Dr. Perkins had brought his craft upon a level keel by skillful volplaning, before it struck the waves, the situation was extremely serious.
From The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune by John Henry Goldfrap
When we tired of straight flying, we went in for circus stunts; such as spiral turning, volplaning, upside-down flying and looping the loop.
From The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia by George A. (George Augustine) Taylor
Black-faced, white-whiskered monkeys roused by the din, screamed cries of hate and alarm as they scurried in volplaning leaps from tree to tree.
From Caste by William Alexander Fraser
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