📚 Volplane, noun. 🔉 /ˈvɒlpleɪn/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (Aeronautics): A controlled dive or downward flight at a steep angle, especially by an aeroplane with the engine shut off. ❗️ Examples: 1. In 1891 the engineer Otto Lilienthal executed the first safe and repeatable volplanes in history. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic