What are the names of some aerobatic stunts?

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1. Brett
   

   Stunts and maneuvers flown in air shows and combat.
   
   Immelmann turn - one of the earlist combat maneuvers, named after the World War 1 ace. A/C pulls vertically until it is inverted and then rolls back upright and continues flying in opposite direction.
   
   Split S - Plane starts level and then rolls inverted and dives down and completes bottom half of roll and continues flying in opposite direction. This is the opposite of an Immelmann Turn.
   
   Scissors (name of a maneuver used in combat when you flew back and forth to bleed off speed and get behind an opponent)
   Thatch Weave - Similiar maneuver but two aircraft would weave back and forth so that an enemy could not attack the rear of one without being seen. These are not necessarily "stunts".
   
   Loop
   
   Dive
   
   Cuban 8 - Plane traces a figure 8 that is rotated on its side using loops and half rolls.
   
   Hammerhead stall
   
   Barrel Roll - Plane flies straight but rolls around the axis of his flight path. A standard Roll only involves rotating the wings around the fuselage. A barrel roll causes the aircraft rotate around an imaginery barrel.
   
   Chandelle
   
   Spin or Tail Spin or Flick Roll

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