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aerobatics
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. spectacular stunts, performed in an airplane or glider. Examples include various types of rolls and loops.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Aerobatics (a portmanteau of aerial-acrobatics ) is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight. Aerobatics are performed in airplanes and gliders for training , recreation , entertainment , and sport ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft [syn: acrobatics , stunting , stunt flying ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And make no mistake about it, formation aerobatics are not for the faint of heart. ▪ Birds of prey must be attracted from miles away by the spectacular aerobatics . ▪ By another week, flying aerobatics had become his number-one ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
aircraft tricks, "trick flying," 1914, from aero- + ending from acrobat (also see -ics ). Earlier (1879) it meant "the art of constructing and using airships; aerial navigation; aeronautics."
Usage examples of aerobatics.
In the air over Sheck, gangs of wyrmen looped the loop in vulgar aerobatics.
It trailed its tongue in the air and found food, swept with chaotic aerobatics into the shadow of the bricks.
It swooped and curved, arcing over the tops of the buildings and careering in spirals, a dimly glimpsed display of virtuoso aerobatics, a shadowy circus.
Even a sneeze from a nervous gunner was enough to send a bomber into violent evasive aerobatics and like most pilots he feared mid-air collision more than flak and night fighters put together.
They bounced off the walls, did midair aerobatics that would have made the Red Baron proud.
They tumbled through aerobatics, shouting and laughing, until they were pleasantly tired, went to the clubhouse, turned in their wing suits, and showered.
The flight back was enlivened by some aerobatics in which we dutifully followed Bill, maintaining our position in relation to his aircraft whether he was inverted or not.
Hurlburt Field a few aerobatics, an instrument approach, and a few landings.
In particular, I want to know how you learned to do aerobatics in a thunderstorm.
They tumbled through aerobatics, shouting and laughing, until they were pleasantly tired, went to the clubhouse, turned in their wingsuits, and showered.
He prided himself on his aerobatics, and most especially on his control.
Not that his days of fancy aerobatics would be over, but having his wing-bones rebroken and reset would be very unpleasant.
They had gone to Bethpage, been checked out in F4F-3s fresh from the assembly line, and then practiced low-level aerobatics just out of sight of land over the Atlantic.
He loved aerobatics and we would sit in the back of the plane as we flew to various air shows.
He spent the time doing victory rolls and wing-over-wing aerobatics while Rogers Lake and the High Sierras spun around below.