complaining

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We have the devotees of St. Vitus' dance called Jazz . . . volplaning down the descending scale.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gloaming was far advanced when I heard the beat of wings and saw it volplaning downward to its home in the wood.

From The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan, John

But, speaking of volplaning, I've had three lessons this week.

From The Hollow of Her Hand by McCutcheon, George Barr

Suddenly his engine stopped, as though with a sigh of regret that it could no longer serve him, and Tom knew that volplaning alone would save him now.

From Air Service Boys in the Big Battle Or, Silencing the Big Guns by Beach, Charles Amory

When we tired of straight flying, we went in for circus stunts; such as spiral turning, volplaning, upside-down flying and looping the loop.

From The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia by Taylor, George A. (George Augustine)