nose-dive

Updated: April 30, 2025

With the plane bottom side up, the pilot lets it fall, now whirling downward, now seeming to hang for a moment, suspended in midair, now caught by an eddy and tossed upward, just like a dead leaf is tossed by an autumn wind. Joe could nose-dive to perfection.

James R. Driscoll - The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps