wingover

[ wing-oh-ver ]
/ ˈwɪŋˌoʊ vər /

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.

Origin of wingover

First recorded in 1925–30; wing + over

Example sentences from the Web for wingover

  • It was an excellent underwater imitation of a wingover, the plane maneuver that reversed direction by diving and turning.

    The Wailing Octopus |Harold Leland Goodwin

British Dictionary definitions for wingover

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