"high yo-yo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: high yo-yos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} high yo-yo (plural high yo-yos)
  1. (aviation, military) A dogfighting maneuver used by a rapidly-closing attacker to avoid an overshoot during a turn, involving pulling up into a climb to exchange airspeed for altitude and allow the attacker to make a slower, tighter turn and drop back down behind the defender. Wikipedia link: high yo-yo Categories (topical): Aviation, Military Hypernyms: yo-yo Coordinate_terms: low yo-yo

Inflected forms

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