单词 | falling leaf |
释义 | > as lemmasfalling leaf falling leaf n. an aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aeroplane is repeatedly stalled and side-slipped while losing height, causing it to move in a to-and-fro swaying motion similar to that of a leaf falling.In quot. 1957 in extended use with reference to bird flight. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > aerobatics > [noun] > stunt > specific loop1900 looping1914 barrel roll1917 falling leaf1917 renversement1918 vrille1918 slow roll1923 slow-rolling1923 aileron roll1924 flick roll1928 wing-over1928 lazy eight1930 bunt1932 aileron turn1942 victory roll1942 rollover1945 twinkle roll1962 rollback1978 1915 Logansport (Indiana) Jrnl.-Tribune 27 May 2/4 The most dangerous part of his exhibition is said to be the ‘Leaf Drop’ which resembles a huge leaf falling from a tree. In this the public look on in horror as they see the machine turn over and over in its mad rush toward the earth.] 1917 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 1 Aug. 5/2 Brown's aerial stunts... Flutter or falling leaf dive. 1918 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune & Leader-Press 3 Feb. 5/2 I turned on one wing, did the ‘falling leaf’ for a drop of five hundred meters, and climbed up another thousand a little farther on. 1957 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles VI. 314 When performed at the lower altitudes the technique is often the individual ‘falling-leaf’, but at higher altitudes the birds rush downwards together and the formation is not broken. 1970 H. Krier Mod. Aerobatics & Precision Flying ii. 56 The falling leaf is a series of checked spins, in which the airplane is allowed to fall off first to the right and then to the left, or vice versa. 2011 J. Sherman Walking on Air i. 8 The falling leaf required the aircraft to be stalled and forced into a spin. < as lemmas |
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