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  2. Barrel roll - Wikipedia

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    A barrel roll attack is a military maneuver that improves the attacker's offensive position and prevents the attacker from overshooting. In this maneuver the defender breaks one direction and so the attacker performs a barrel roll in the opposite direction. The attacker pulls back on the stick more than a normal barrel roll, performing a ...

  3. Basic fighter maneuvers - Wikipedia

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    The counter to a break is often a displacement roll called a barrel roll attack. A barrel roll consists of performing a roll and a loop, completing both at the same time. The result is a helical roll around a straight flight path. The barrel roll attack uses a much tighter loop than the roll, completing a full loop while only executing 3/4 of a ...

  4. Aerobatic maneuver - Wikipedia

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    Barrel roll; a combination of a loop and a roll. The flight path during a barrel roll has the shape of a horizontal corkscrew and follows a helical path. Aileron roll; 360° revolution about the longitudinal axis at maximum roll rate. It consists of a pitch-up followed by a roll which is uncontrolled in the pitch axis, resulting in an initial ...

  5. Competitive barrel rolling - Wikipedia

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    Time is started as soon as the first barrel is moved. Time stops when all barrels are in their final resting place on the rick. Barrels must be supported only by the rails, and not the ground between. 10 seconds are subtracted from the time for each barrel whose bung is facing straight up, within two bung diameters.

  6. Alvin M. Johnston - Wikipedia

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    Johnston performed the barrel roll during the fly-by, reversed course with a chandelle, and performed a second barrel roll on the way back. [1] The following Monday, Allen called Johnston to his office and asked what he thought he was doing, to which he responded with "I was selling airplanes," and explained the maneuver was not hazardous. [ 1 ]

  7. Aileron roll - Wikipedia

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    Examples of this are the Immelmann turn, barrel roll, and Split S. An aileron roll carried out by a pilot as a sign of victory or celebration is known as a victory roll. Test pilots commonly employ the aileron roll to evaluate an aircraft's turning characteristics (e.g. time to turn). [5]

  8. Barrel roll (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A barrel roll is a vehicle maneuver mostly done in aircraft. Barrel roll may also refer to: Barrel Roll (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe; Barrel roll (turn), a type of airborne rotation performed in dance; Operation Barrel Roll, military operation; Competitive barrel rolling, a sport; Barrel Roll, an obstacle in Kunoichi

  9. 2018 Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 incident - Wikipedia

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    Near the end of the flight, the aircraft was seen performing a barrel roll over Puget Sound, recovering approximately ten feet (3 m) above the water. [22] A veteran pilot said the maneuver "seemed pretty well executed, without either stalling or pulling the wings off."