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Old 01-17-2007 | 12:34 PM
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Default RE: List of Flight Training Exercises?

Nope, that is an Immelman Turn, named for famed German WWI ace Max Immelman.
So the countering maneuver bringing you behind your attacker is really an Immelman Turn followed by a Split "S"? Shazam! I thought that was a "Full Immelman" and the reversing manuver was an "Immelman Turn".