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wingover
[ wing-oh-ver ]
noun
, Aeronautics.
- 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.
wingover
/ ˈwɪŋˌəʊvə /
noun
- 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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It was an excellent underwater imitation of a wingover, the plane maneuver that reversed direction by diving and turning.
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