wingover

American  

[wing-oh-ver] / ˈwɪŋˌoʊ vər /

noun

Aeronautics.

1. an airplane maneuver involving a steep, climbing turn to a near stall, then a sharp drop of the nose, a removal of bank, and a final leveling off in the opposite direction.

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wingover British  

/ ˈwɪŋˌəʊvə /

noun

1. a manoeuvre in which the direction of flight of an aircraft is reversed by putting it into a climbing turn until nearly stalled, the nose then being allowed to fall while continuing the turn

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Etymology

Origin of wingover

First recorded in 1925–30; wing + over

Example Sentences

This baby is flying at less than 700 feet and he just did a wingover.

From Time Magazine Archive

He "punched the plane into a sharp wingover at 120 m. p. h. and came out underneath the dirigible."

From Time Magazine Archive

Back home in South Dakota after the war, rugged, curly-haired Joe Foss, the Marine Corps' top South Pacific air ace, found politicking almost as simple as a wingover and just as much fun.

From Time Magazine Archive

He flipped the plane into a wingover that sent the would-be jumper sprawling to the floor, kept him there by repeated wingovers until he got back to port.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was an excellent underwater imitation of a wingover, the plane maneuver that reversed direction by diving and turning.

From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)