aerial maneuver
Airborne acrobatic move
An aerial maneuver is a controlled movement performed while airborne—by aircraft, gymnasts, divers, skateboarders, or any body in flight.
Fighter pilots execute aerial maneuvers in combat; snowboarders land aerial maneuvers off jumps.
The term emphasizes deliberate technique rather than mere falling: She pulled off a difficult aerial maneuver on the halfpipe.
- loopCurve closing on itself
- loop the loop360-degree aerial rotation
- rollList of names
- diveHeadfirst water entry
- spinRapid rotation around axis
barrel roll · Immelmann turn · flip · somersault · stunt · acrobatic · wingover · knife edge · twist · bank · climb · descent · corkscrew · death spiral · inverted · freefall · swooping · low pass