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Immelmann|ˈɪməlmæn|
Also erron. Immelman.
The name of F. Immelmann (1890–1916), a German fighter pilot, used alone or attrib. in Immelmann turn, to designate an evasive manœuvre in the air. Also as v. intr., to execute this manœuvre.
1917B. K. Adams Amer. Spirit (1918) 27 Next I tried the so-called Immelman turn. 1918J. M. Grider War Birds (1927) 206 As I half rolled on top of him, he half rolled too and when I did an Immelman, he turned to the right and forced me on the outside arc and gave his observer a good shot at me. 1919Conquest Dec. 68/1 One of the most useful stunts employed during the war was the ‘Immelman turn’, its name being that of the aviator who introduced it. In this manœuvre the machine rears up suddenly, turns sideways over the vertical, and emerges in the opposite direction. 1923W. T. Blake Flying 43 Immelmann turn. This manœuvre is more commonly termed a ‘half-roll’ in England. 1934V. M. Yeates Winged Victory iii. viii. 254 He could turn better than the Pfalz, and felt he was winning the duel. After its tail, round and round. It straightened and he fired but it immelmanned away. He went after it, but it dived away all out. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 27 June 18 Three outside snap rolls, a flick at 110 m.p.h., a stall off an Immelman and a power inverted spin. 1952J. Steinbeck East of Eden xiv. 131 It..made Immelmann turns..and flew over the field upside down. 1967Boston Sunday Herald 14 May (Comic Section), Wow! A loop th' loop! How about a Immelmann turn? |