Bank

[JPablo]

bank(s): (said of an aircraft in flight) the tilting or sloping to one side when turning.
Any Spanish aviator around?
How do you say this [bank] in Spanish?

[Rusty]

ladearse

[JPablo]

Gracias, Rusty.
Is this the way it is said in "aviator jargon"?

In the context where I got this, used actually figuratively, talks about "vertical banks", which I think it is when the plane tilts and goes down vertical... I take that must be quite a complex maneuver... (I have only have experience with kites, and Jumbos or Boeings... as a passanger...

[Rusty]

Banking an airplane is always a lateral move (one wing is tipped lower than the other). This is done when turning the aircraft. The airelons on the wings are the control surfaces used to bank, or roll, a plane. The rudder is also used in a turn. To make a left-hand turn, the left wing is banked (lowered), and left rudder is applied. This causes the rear of the aircraft to swing to the right and the plane pivots on the lowered wing, causing a comfortable turn to the left while maintaining center of gravity. If center of gravity isn't maintained, there is either too much yaw (rudder pressure) or too much roll. Either of these can cause passenger discomfort.

The verb 'bank' can also mean a vertical slope, but this meaning is not applied to aircraft. For that, we use the verb 'pitch'. A plane can pitch up (climbing) or it can pitch down (descending). The control surface that controls a plane's pitch is the elevator.

[JPablo]

Thank you Rusty, so I take that with "ladeo" for the noun and "ladear/ladearse" for the verb I should be fine... :)

[Rusty]

Yes.

EDIT: Look here (http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/TV/ES/EN/L/1.html).

[JPablo]

Awesome! Thank you Rusty, and thank you for the link.

[Rusty]

¡No hay de qué!