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Wings-level "skid" or "slip"?

Wings-level "skid" or "slip"?  
Roy Smith
From:Roy Smith
Subject:Wings-level "skid" or "slip"?
Date:Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:55:51 -0800

>If the aircraft moves in the same direction as applied rudder then its
>a skid and if in the direction opposite to applied rudder its a slip.
>Alternating between the two in succession is a dutch role.

The baritone in Der Fliegende Hollander is a Dutch role. The
airsickness-inducing maneuver is a Dutch roll.
   

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