Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Spectacular stunts, such as rolls and loops, performed in an airplane or glider or by groups of airplanes flying together.
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- noun
Spectacular stunts , performed in anairplane orglider . Examples include various types ofrolls andloops .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Apparently the single-engine plane's engine stalled as Humphries, a trainee pilot with the Australian Airforce, was practicing stunts - "aerobatics" - and the young man was forced to attempt a landing.
Gizmodo Rosa Golijan 2010
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The aerobatics were the best part of the show, said Shyanne Lutgen.
Marshall Independent 2010
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But he continued with his "aerobatics" site (wingwalker. com).
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Of course, the powers that be will argue that most of the "aerobatics" take place over Lake
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'aerobatics', were habitually disparaged as idle spectacles.
The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force Walter Alexander Raleigh 1891
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On Friday the air force celebrated its 78th anniversary with a display of aerobatics.
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No flashy runs or aerobatics, but I vote for the flathead as the hardest pulling freshwater fish.
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No flashy runs or aerobatics, but I vote for the flathead as the hardest pulling freshwater fish.
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Thousands of people were watching from a distance but no one was injured when a T-28 fixed-wing plane in a civilian aerobatics group wobbled and crashed Saturday, authorities said.
One Killed in West Virginia Air Show Crash Associated Press 2011
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The film is about “a gifted, young aerobatics pilot who faces off with his controlling, billionaire father and falls in love with a gifted female pilot” according to the logline.
Taylor Lautner and Tom Cruise to Co-Star in Flyboy Movie NORTHERN LIGHTS — UPDATED – Collider.com 2010
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