English

Noun

volplane ‎(plural volplanes)

1. A steep, controlled dive, especially by an aircraft with the engine off.

Verb

volplane ‎(third-person singular simple present volplanes, present participle volplaning, simple past and past participle volplaned)

1. To make a volplane.
   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:

     Curtains of vapor drift back to reveal the Americans, volplaning along well inside ten meters and only a little faster than the balloon.