looped the loop
Flew vertical circles
Looped the loop is the past tense of loop the loop—to fly or travel in a complete vertical circle, as when a stunt pilot takes an aircraft through a 360-degree rotation: The biplane looped the loop three times before landing.
The phrase extends to roller coasters and any motion tracing a full vertical orbit.
- full circleReturn to origin
- coming full circleReturning to origin point
- back to square oneReturn to the beginning
- Immelmann turnAerobatic direction-reversing climb
- OuroborosTail-biting serpent symbol
barrel roll · gyroscopic stability · wingover · centripetal force · life cycle · karma · kinetic energy · torque · tail slide · stunt pilot · round and round · roller coaster · death spiral · snap roll · repetition · aerobatics · g-force · renewal