Volplane

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Volplane \Vol"plane`\, v. i. [F. vol plan['e] act of volplaning;
     vol flight + plan['e], p.p.; cf. planer to hover.]
     (Aeronautics)
     To glide in a flying machine.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "volplane":
     acrobatics, aerobatics, aeroplane, airlift, airplane, balloon,
     banking, be airborne, chandelle, crabbing, cruise, dive, diving,
     drift, ferry, fishtailing, flit, fly, glide, hop, hover,
     hydroplane, jet, navigate, nose dive, power dive, pull-up, pullout,
     pushdown, rolling, sail, sailplane, seaplane, sideslip, soar,
     spiral, stall, stunting, tactical maneuvers, take the air,
     take wing, wing, zoom