wingover

wing·o·ver

(wĭng′ō′vər)

A flight maneuver or stunt in which an airplane enters a climbing turn until almost stalled and is allowed to fall while the turn is continued until normal flight is attained in a direction opposite the original heading.

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wingover

(ˈwɪŋˌəʊvə)

(Aeronautics) 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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wing•o•ver

(ˈwɪŋˌoʊ vər)

n.

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.

[1925–30]

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Quickly finding she had an unusual aptitude for aerobatic flight, she piled on lessons as fast as she could book instructors, bought two high performance airplanes and opened her own business, WingOver Aerobatics, which takes paying customers up into the sky for snap rolls and loop-the-loops.

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I am not an aerobatic pilot in any sense of the term, but it occurred to me that a wingover might be one way of making a good engine-out return to an airport.