Definitions
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- adjective Having to do with acrobatic
maneuvers , such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Initially, the Hanchettes thought pilots interested in aerobatic maneuvers would be their primary customers, but after 9/11 — when long lineups at airports became common — the brothers thought of reaching out to business executives who preferred a smaller and faster plane.
Kit Aircraft Loops, Rolls in Air Like Fighter Jet | Impact Lab 2007
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WASHINGTON Reuters - A plane in the British Royal Air Force's "Red Arrows" aerobatic team crashed on Saturday, killing the pilot, after a performance at an air festival on the southern coast of England, authorities said.
British Royal Air Force "Red Arrows" plane crashes, pilot dies Reuters 2011
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Patty Wagstaff, a champion U.S. aerobatic flier, said Ms. Skelton was an inspiration to generations of women pilots.
A Match for Men in the Skies Stephen Miller 2011
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—The second deadly air show crash in 24 hours has left one pilot dead in West Virginia and prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to dispatch an investigator to the site where an aerobatic demonstration plane plunged into a runway and exploded as spectators looked on.
One Killed in West Virginia Air Show Crash Associated Press 2011
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The planes they used were British, the Folland “Gnat” — as used for many years by the RAF Red Arrows aerobatic team.
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WASHINGTON Reuters - A plane in the British Royal Air Force's "Red Arrows" aerobatic team crashed on Saturday, killing the pilot, after a performance at an air festival on the southern coast of England, authorities said.
British Royal Air Force "Red Arrows" plane crashes, pilot dies Reuters 2011
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It was the thought of his body flying in front of the car then doing some aerobatic maneuver that has me stunned and reliving the event.
Archive 2009-07-01 ____Maggie 2009
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It was the thought of his body flying in front of the car then doing some aerobatic maneuver that has me stunned and reliving the event.
The Tortilla Curtain (copy) ____Maggie 2009
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No wonder that, when the RAF needed a name for their most aerobatic aircraft, they called it the Harrier jump jet.
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The planes they used were British, the Folland “Gnat” — as used for many years by the RAF Red Arrows aerobatic team.
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