ground-loop

See also: ground loop

English

Verb

ground-loop (third-person singular simple present ground-loops, present participle ground-looping, simple past and past participle ground-looped)

  1. (aviation) To suffer a ground loop manoeuvre (rapid, uncontrolled rotation).
    • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 41:
      I slewed into the deep grass, throttled up again to regain runway speed, tried to abort the take-off and ground-looped through the perimeter fence.

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