flight manoeuvre meaning

Noun: flight manoeuvre
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=flight maneuver)

1. A manoeuvre executed by an aircraft
   - flight maneuver [US], airplane maneuver [US], aeroplane manoeuvre [Brit], airplane manoeuvre [Cdn]

Derived forms: flight manoeuvres

Type of: evasive action, maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn]

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1. here, active means defined shifts in load take place during the flight manoeuvre in order to investigate the flying characteristics
2. The player can perform various flight manoeuvres and stunts mid-air, such are loops, rolls, or dummy stalls.
3. In 1940, following construction of buildings for military use, it became an aircraft training centre for training for airborne observers and aircraft carrier flight manoeuvres.
4. The "'AeroLift CycloCrane "'was a unique US hybrid airship which adopted helicopter derived airfoil control for low speed flight manoeuvring by spinning on its axis.