immelmann turn

immelmann turn
noun also immelmann
Usage: usually capitalized I
Etymology: after Max Immelmann died 1916 German aviator
: a maneuver in which an airplane is first made to complete half of a loop and is then rolled half of a complete turn — called also reverse turn

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Immelmann turn /imˈəl-mən tûrn/ (aeronautics)
noun
A manoeuvre involving a half loop and a half roll, carried out to achieve greater height and reverse the direction of flight
ORIGIN: Max Immelmann (1890–1916), German aviator

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  • Immelmann (turn) — or Immelmann [im′əl mən; ] also [, im′əlmän΄] n. 〚after M. Immelmann (1890 1916), Ger ace〛 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… …   Universalium

  • Immelmann (turn) — or Immelmann [im′əl mən; ] also [, im′əlmän΄] n. [after M. Immelmann (1890 1916), Ger ace] 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… …   English World dictionary

  • Immelmann (turn) — or Immelmann [im′əl mən; ] also [, im′əlmän΄] n. [after M. Immelmann (1890 1916), Ger ace] 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… …   English World dictionary

  • Immelmann turn — The Immelmann turn refers to two quite different aircraft maneuvers. The maneuver nowadays usually called an Immelmann has, in fact, no connection with the World War I German flying Ace Max Immelmann and is quite different from the historical… …   Wikipedia

  • Immelmann turn — noun a) a fighter pilot maneuver resembling the aerobatic wingover or hammer head turn, originally developed by Max Immelmann b) the roll off the top aerobatic maneuver, a reverse split S Syn: Immelmann, Immelmann maneuver …   Wiktionary

  • Immelmann turn — noun see Immelmann I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Immelmann turn — /ˈɪməlman ˌtɜn/ (say imuhlmahn .tern) noun a manoeuvre in which an aeroplane makes a half loop, then resumes its normal level position by making a half roll; used to gain altitude while changing to the opposite direction. {named after Max… …  

  • Immelmann — Immelmann, not infrequently also spelled immelman may refer to:* Max Immelmann, a German flying ace from World War I ** The Immelmann turn, an aerial maneuver developed by Max Immelmann *** The Immelmann loop, a roller coaster feature derived… …   Wikipedia

  • Immelmann (Fliegen) — Schematische Darstellung eines Immelmanns: 1. Horizontaler Anflug 2. Halber Looping 3. Halbe Rolle Der Immelmann wird auch (und eigentlich korrekter, s.u.) Aufschwung genannt (englisch Immelmann Turn oder Roll off the Top). Diese Kunstflugfigur… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Immelmann (Kunstflug) — Schematische Darstellung eines Immelmanns: 1. Horizontaler Anflug 2. Halber Looping 3. Halbe Rolle Der Immelmann wird auch (und eigentlich korrekter, s. u.) Aufschwung genannt (englisch Immelmann Turn oder Roll off the Top). Diese… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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