单词 | immelmann |
释义 | Immelmannn. a. Immelmann turn n. an evasive manœuvre in the air. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > turn Immelmann turn1917 Immelmann1918 flat turn1934 stall turn1942 1917 B. K. Adams Amer. Spirit (1918) 27 Next I tried the so-called Immelman turn. 1919 Conquest 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. 1923 W. T. Blake Flying round World 43 Immelmann turn. This manœuvre is more commonly termed a ‘half-roll’ in England. 1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden xiv. 131 It..made Immelmann turns..and flew over the field upside down. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 14 May (Comic section) Wow! A loop th' loop! How about a Immelmann turn? b. = Immelmann turn n. at sense a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > turn Immelmann turn1917 Immelmann1918 flat turn1934 stall turn1942 1918 J. 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. 1942 R.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. Derivatives Immelmann v. intransitive to execute this manœuvre. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > turn Immelmann1934 stall-turn1948 1934 V. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1917 |
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