ground loop

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ground loop

noun ground loops

A (usually unwanted) current that flows between two points that are meant to be at the same potential, but are not.
A sudden, potentially damaging turn made by an aircraft while on the ground, owing to user error or adverse weather conditions.

verb ground loops · ground looping · ground looped

To suffer a ground loop manoeuvre. I slewed into the deep grass, throttled up again to regain runway speed, tried to abort the take-off and ground-looped through the perimeter fence.

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noun a sudden, potentially damaging turn made by an aircraft

Français	cheval de bois

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@misc{ground_loop_2026,
  title = {ground loop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ground%20loop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}