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Examples
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Already inverted, the Japanese merely pulled through into a split-S and briefly chased Smith.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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Already inverted, the Japanese merely pulled through into a split-S and briefly chased Smith.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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Over the Barents Sea Batman rolled out of a split-S, pulling the Tomcat's nose up hard and extending the wings, deliberately killing his speed and bringing the F-14 to the shuddering edge of a stall.
Countdown Douglass, Keith 1994
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With the warning, Coyote's aircraft broke left and rolled in a split-S maneuver to port.
Carrie Douglass, Keith 1991
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He was well above the walls of the valley now, but rocky crags seemed to claw the sky, reaching for his aircraft as he twisted into a tight split-S.
Carrie Douglass, Keith 1991
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He let the F-14 drop, hauling the stick back to the left as he slipped into a split-S to bring him around and onto the MiG's tail.
Carrie Douglass, Keith 1991
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I'd split-S, which put me on a reciprocal, with optimum jamming.
On Yankee Station Nichols, Tillman 1988
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At that point the pilot retracted his wheels and flaps, applied full power, and torque-rolled to the left in a split-S.
On Yankee Station Nichols, Tillman 1988
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The shocking surprise is that the Israeli Mirage totally failed to down that MiG-21 and that "Crazy Egyptian Pilot" as described by the Israeli opponent fighter himself was able to perform a number different very difficult air combat maneuvers the most difficult of which was the split-S maneuver.
WN.com - Articles related to F-16s for Pak could cloud IAF's 126-plane deal: India to US 2010
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The shocking surprise is that the Israeli Mirage totally failed to down that MiG-21 and that "Crazy Egyptian Pilot" as described by the Israeli opponent fighter himself was able to perform a number different very difficult air combat maneuvers the most difficult of which was the split-S maneuver.
WN.com - Articles related to F-16s for Pak could cloud IAF's 126-plane deal: India to US 2010
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