Immelmann

[ im-uh l-mahn, -muh n ]

/ ˈɪm əlˌmɑn, -mən /

noun

a maneuver in which an airplane makes a half loop, then resumes its normal, level position by making a half roll: used to gain altitude while turning to fly in the opposite direction.

Also called Immelmann turn.

Origin of Immelmann

1915–20; after Max Immelmann (1890-1916), German aviator of World War I, who is said to have devised it

Example sentences from the Web for immelmann

This was the machine in which the two famous German airmen, Immelmann and Boelke performed some of their most daring exploits.

The Romance of Aircraft |Lawrence Yard Smith
I quickly went up to support Immelmann, but the enemy was gone by the time I got there.

An Aviator's Field Book |Oswald Blcke
But he told me that Immelmann and I had both received this honor at the telegraphic order of the Kaiser.

An Aviator's Field Book |Oswald Blcke
A smiling English youth was embarrassed when asked how he brought down the great Immelmann, most famous of German aviators.

My Second Year of the War |Frederick Palmer

Boelcke and Immelmann were given the Ordre pour le Mérite when they had brought down their eighth aeroplane.

The Red Battle Flyer |Capt. Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen

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Immelmann

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