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In aerobatics, the cobra maneuver (or just the cobra), also called dynamic deceleration,[1] among other names (see Etymology), is a dramatic and demanding maneuver in which an airplane flying at a moderate speed abruptly raises its nose momentarily to a vertical and slightly past vertical attitude, causing an extremely high angle of attack and momentarily stalling the plane, making a full-body air brake before dropping back to normal position, during which the aircraft does not change effective altitude.
The maneuver is typically performed at air shows,[6] but could be used as a last-ditch maneuver to force a chaser to overshoot in close-range air combat.[2][7] The maneuver has never been verified in real combat, although it has been used during mock dogfights[2] and border protection.[8][9]
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