On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:51:18 -0700, javelin77 wrote:

a Std Cirrus bunted violently from level flight, throwing the pilot
out



through the canopy.

I'm not familiar with the term "bunted". What exactly does this mean?

Flying part of an outside loop, typically starting from a climbing or
level flight. IOW if you've come fast through strong sink, suddenly hit
strong lift and zoom climb into it, you could describe the push-over to
gliding attitude at thermalling speed as a bunt.

From the Free dictionary: (Aeronautics) to cause (an aircraft) to fly in
part of an inverted loop or (of an aircraft) to fly in such a loop


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