ALL meanings of immelmann turn
Im·mel·mann turn
I i - noun immelmann turn 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. 1
- noun immelmann turn an aircraft manoeuvre used to gain height while reversing the direction of flight. It consists of a half loop followed by a half roll 0
- noun immelmann turn (military, aviation, archaic) a fighter pilot maneuver resembling the aerobatic wingover or hammer-head turn, originally developed by Max Immelmann. 0
- noun immelmann turn (aviation) the roll-off-the-top aerobatic maneuver, a reverse split-S. 0