Novice question

[Burt Tims]

Many years ago a remember reading about an aerobatic maneuver in which the
aircraft, flying basically straight and level, was thrown into an attitude
which caused it to "tumble", in effect going tail over nose, then recovering
to straight and level. My best memory of the name of the maneuver was that
it was a German word, and something like "Laumschabach" or "Lomschabach".
The commentary regarding the maneuver said that the "name" of the maneuver
was German for "Headache".

Anyone recognize this?

[I am not a number]

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> Many years ago a remember reading about an aerobatic maneuver in which the
> aircraft, flying basically straight and level, was thrown into an attitude
> which caused it to "tumble", in effect going tail over nose, then recovering
> to straight and level. My best memory of the name of the maneuver was that
> it was a German word, and something like "Laumschabach" or "Lomschabach".
> The commentary regarding the maneuver said that the "name" of the maneuver
> was German for "Headache".
>
> Anyone recognize this?
>
>
>
The maneuver is called a "lomcevak" which is loosely translated as
"headache" and originates from the Czech republic, or maybe Slovakia, or
maybe even Croatia, but somewhere where they drink a lot of slivovitz.

And pay no attention to those who spell it some other way; they probably
break their eggs on the wrong end, too.

--
Dennis Yugo
http://www.worldpassage.net/~dyugo

[Martin Morgan]

Great fun too! A little hard on crankshafts though :(

I've read (somewhere) that the name is really an expression for taking a
shot (alchohol) and falling off your bar stool drunk. Either meaning
works...


Martin Morgan