flight maneuvers
Pilot's controlled turns
Flight maneuvers are deliberate movements of an aircraft beyond straight-and-level travel.
The term covers controlled actions like banking, climbing, diving, and rolling, whether for navigation, combat, or display.
Aerobatic maneuvers have names: barrel roll, loop, Immelmann turn.
Fighter pilots practice evasive flight maneuvers.
The phrase also applies to birds and insects: The hummingbird's flight maneuvers are astonishing.
- touch-and-go landingTraining maneuver with immediate takeoff
- forced landingUnscheduled aircraft touchdown
- Immelmann turnAerobatic direction-reversing climb
- loopCurve closing on itself
- evasive actionMovement to escape harm
climb-out · barrel roll · wingover · tail slide · flat spin · yo-yo · nose dive · snap roll · victory roll · knife edge · autorotation · scissors · slip · low pass
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flight maneuversstall
Enclosed compartment or delay
spin · loss of control · drifting · ballistic trajectory · freefall
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