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Marlow Anderson Field • Hobart, WA
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Axial Roll

This type of roll is one where the aircraft’s fuselage remains exactly on the line of flight while the wings roll about it. Except for a very few jet fighters at high speed (the F-5 for one), no full size aircraft can perform a true axial roll. Most aircraft, especially trainers, roll about the line of flight, called a Barrel Roll.