Thatch weave

See also: thatch weave and Thatch Weave

English
A Thatch weave

Alternative forms

Etymology

Thatch +‎ weave. From being named after WWII U.S. naval aviator John S. Thatch, who invented the manoeuvre. From being a interecting flight path, where a pair of fighter airplanes interweave their paths.

Noun

Thatch weave (plural Thatch weaves)

  1. (military, aviation) An air combat maneuver, to use when an enemy is chasing one of a pair of alliied aircraft. The chasee weaves back and forth in a path, to lead the chaser into a position, so that the wingmate of the chasee can maneuver in a reciprocal weave, to target the chaser body-on.
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