Definition of "volplaning" []

• Present participle of volplane. (verb)

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• "The gloaming was far advanced when I heard the beat of wings and saw it volplaning downward to its home in the wood."
• "The thornwing squawked and looped a tight arc, volplaning with the slipstream of the craft."
• "Curtains of vapor drift back to reveal the Americans, volplaning along well inside ten meters and only a little faster than the balloon."