sideslip

Example Sentences

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It was almost as though, if he moved fast enough and squeezed in enough events, he might sideslip the 18th of June altogether and proceed to the next golden stage, untouched and untallied.

From Time • Jun. 19, 2012

Several times we got caught in the lights, but I managed to sideslip out of them each time.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was necessary to hold the plane in a violent sideslip attitude to keep the flames from enveloping the cockpits; this naturally caused us to lose altitude at a faster than normal rate.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the nose of the X-15, a grapefruit-sized electronic wizard familiarly known as "the Q-ball" gauged the basic critical factors�direction, sideslip, friction�and told Joe Walker that he could safely press for the record.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was ready to throw her plane into a sideslip if a searchlight caught her, a flight maneuver that allows you to dive very fast and steeply without spinning.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein