Plain English Meaning

A practice maneuver flown low enough to see the ground clearly, where the pilot follows a chosen shape on the ground (like a road or a rectangle) and adjusts the airplane's heading and bank to hold that path against the wind.

Full Definition

A training maneuver flown at low altitude in which the pilot uses fixed features on the ground -- such as roads, fences, or fields -- as visual references to fly a precise pattern over the ground while correcting for the effects of wind.

Context Anchor

Seen in flight training when practicing turns around points, S-turns, rectangular , and when comparing like to maneuvers flown mainly by .