chandelle
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a flight maneuver consisting of a steep climbing turn executed to gain altitude while changing directionType of flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
chandelle noun
Aeronautics an abrupt climbing turn made by an airplane, in which the plane's momentum is used to achieve a higher than normal rate of climb, without stalling the aircraft.
chandelle intransitive verb
to perform a chandelle, as of an airplane.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors, WordNet 1.5