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Definition: Aerobatics |
AerobaticsNoun1. The performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Sports & Leisure | (a)Manoeuvres intentionally performed by an aircraft involving an abrupt change in its attitude, an abnormal attitude, or an abnormal variation in speed. (b)Evolutions intentionally performed with an aircraft, other than those required for normal flight. Source: European Union. (references) |
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The French aerobatic team - the Patrouille de France. Larger version |
Most aerobatic manoeuvres involve rotation of the aircraft about its fuselage - rolling - or the following of geometric patterns in the sky (most famously the loop). Formation aerobatics are usually flown by teams of up to sixteen aircraft, although economic considerations mean that most teams habitually fly between four and ten aircraft. Some are state funded to reflect pride in the armed forces whilst others are commercially sponsored. Coloured smoke trails may be emitted to emphasise the patterns flown and/or the colours of a national flag. Usually each team will use aircraft similar to one another finished in a special and dramatic colour scheme, thus emphasising their entertainment function. A few aircraft designs such as the Pitts Special and Sukhoi Su-29 have been optimised for aerobatic purposes, but trainer aircraft are normally employed. Famous teams include the Black Arrows, Blue Angels, Diables Rouges, Frecce Tricolori, Halcones, Patrouille de France, Patrouille Suisse, Red Arrows, Red Pelicans, Rothmans, Roulettes, Royal Jordanian Falcons, the USAF Thunderbirds and the Yellowjacks.
The practice of formation flying might have been inspired by the migration of flocks of birds, swans or geese. Certainly most aerobatic teams include a V-formation in their routines. Teams fly V-formations out of practicality - they can't fly directly behind another aircraft, or they'd get caught in the wake vortices or engine exhaust. Aircraft will always fly slightly below the aircraft in front, if they have to follow exactly in line.
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Stearmans of the UK Utterly Butterly display team. Larger version |
Aerobatics may be taught to military pilots as a means of developing precise flying skills and may occasionally have value in a military context. Test pilots might attempt aerobatic manoeuvres in an aircraft designed for less adventurous purposes, simply in order to improve a manufacturer's understanding of its capacity to fly. Discovering how an airframe reacts to the stresses implied by sharp turns may be expected to assist companies or air forces in writing manuals for safe operations over the longer term. A safe operational envelope may be described setting out the limits within which future service pilots should endeavour to fly. Unfortunately some aerobatic manoeuvres end in accidents and these can result in fatalities amongst flight crew and onlookers. You are most likely to witness aerobatics at a public airshow.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aerobatics."
Synonyms: AerobaticsSynonyms: acrobatics (n), stunt flying (n), stunting (n). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | How to Fly the P-47: High Altitude Flight and Aerobatics (1943) | |
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| "Aerobatics" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 66.20% of the time. "Aerobatics" is used about 71 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 66.2% | 47 | 49,740 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.8% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Total | 100.00% | 71 | N/A |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "aerobatics"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بهلوانات جوية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | въздушна акробатика, висш пилотаж. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 特技飞行. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | letecká akrobacie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kunstflyvning (acrobatic flight, aerial acrobatics, stunt flying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | luchtakrobatiek, luchtacrobatiek, kunstvliegen (aerial acrobatics, stunt flying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | taitolento (acrobatic flight, stunt flying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acrobaties aériennes, acrobaties, acrobatie aérienne, voltige aérienne, vol acrobatique (aerial acrobatics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kunstflug (acrobatic flight, acrobatics, aerial acrobatics, stunt flying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακροβατικά. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אוירובטיק". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mûrepülés (acrobatic flight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acrobazia aerea (acrobatic flight), acrobazia (acrobatics, stunt), acrobatica aerea, volo acrobatico (acrobatic flight, aerial acrobatics, stunt flying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 공중곡예. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cloie speyragh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aerobaticsay acrobaciasaéreas, acrobacia aérea (aerial acrobatics, loop), acrobacia (acrobatics, stunt). (various references) высший пилотаж (acrobatics). (various references) nauka o akrobatskom letenju. (various references) alto pilotaje, acrobacia aérea (aerial acrobatics), acrobacia (acrobacy, acrobatics). (various references) konstflygning. (various references) uçak cambazlığı, hava akrobasisi. (various references) фігурні польоти, вищий пілотаж. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Aerobatics" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aereobatica, aerobasic, arobatic. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "aerobatics" (pronounced e'ruba"tiks) |
| 8 | -r u b a" t i k s | acrobatics. |
| 6 | -b a" t i k s | batiks. |
| 5 | -a" t i k s | attics, automatics, charismatics, fanatics, informatics, mathematics, numismatics, systematics. |
| 4 | -t i k s | acoustics, aeronautics, aesthetics, analytics, anesthetics, antibiotics, antics, asthmatics, astronautics, athletics, ballistics, characteristics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, exotics, genetics, geopolitics, gymnastics, hypnotics, kinetics, linguistics, logistics, Magnetics, mystics, narcotics, onomastics, optics, orthodontics, phonetics, plastics, prosthetics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, statistics, synthetics, tactics, therapeutics, thermoplastics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acrylics, aerobics, aerodynamics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, anorexics, apparatchiks, appendix, astrophysics, atmospherics, avionics, basics, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cynics, demographics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, fabrics, forensics, generics, geometrics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hysterics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, limericks, lyrics, macroeconomics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, Nucleonics, obstetrics, onyx, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, polemics, prefix, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, stoics, suffix, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-i-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: aerobatic, ascorbate, bacterias, boracites. | |
-2 letters: abreacts, acrobats, aerobics, airboats, bacteria, bearcats, bisector, boracite, cabarets, cabestro, cabresta, cabresto, iceboats. | |
-3 letters: abaters, abators, abreact, abreast, abrosia, acrobat, aerobia, aerobic, aerosat, airboat, aristae, ascribe, asteria, atresia, baiters, barites, bearcat, boaster, boaters, boraces, borates, cabaret, carates, caribes, caritas, coaster, coaters, corbies, cristae, erotica, erotics, iceboat, isobare, orbiest, ostraca, rabatos, raciest, rebaits, rebatos, scoriae, sorbate, stearic, strobic, terbias. | |
-4 letters: abaser, abater, abates, abatis, abator, aborts, actors, airest, aorist, aortae, aortas, aortic, arabic, arecas, ariose, arista, aristo, baiter, barest, barite, baster, bestir, biotas, bisect, bister, bistre, bistro, biters, boarts, boater, boites, borate, braces, bracts, braise, breast, cabers, caesar, carate, carats, carbos, carets, caribe, caries, carobs, cartes, casita, caster, castor, caters, ceibas, cerias, cestoi, citers, coarse, coater, coatis, cobias, cobras, corbie, corset, cosier, costae, costar, coster, crates, crista, ericas, erotic, escort, isobar, oaters, orates, orbits, rabato, rabats, rabies, racist, ratios, reacts, reatas, rebait, rebato, recast, rectos, riatas, ribose, satire, satori, scarab, scoria, scoter, scotia, scribe, scrota, sector, sobeit, sorbet, sorbic, sortie, steric, striae, strobe, tabers, tabors, tarocs, tarsia, terais, terbia, terbic, tiaras, tobies, tories, traces, triacs, tribes, trices, triose. | |
-5 letters: abaci, abase, abate, abets, abort, abris, acari, acerb, aceta, acres, actor, aecia, airts, aorta, areas, areca, areic, arias, arise, arose, ascot, aster, astir, atria, baits, bares, baric, baser, basic, baste, bates, bears, beast, beats, besot, betas, bices, biers, biota, birse, biter, bites, boars, boart, boast, boats, boite, boras, bores, boric, borts, botas, brace, bract, braes, brats, bries, brios, brits, brose, caber, carat, carbo, carbs, cares, caret, carob, carse, carte, carts, caste, cater, cates, ceiba, ceria, ceros, cesta, cesti, cires, citer, cites, coast, coati, coats, cobia, cobra, coirs, cores, coria, corse, coset, cosie, costa, cotes, crabs, crate, crest, cribs, cries, erica, escar, escot, iotas, irate, oater, obias, obits, ocrea, orate, orbit, orcas, osier, ostia, rabat, rabic, races, raias, raise, rates, ratio, ratos, react, reata, recta, recti, recto, retia, riata, ribes, rices, riots, rites, roast, robes, roset, rotas, rotes, rotis, saber, sabir, sabot, sabra, sabre, sacra, saice, scare, scart, score, serac, serai, sitar, sober, stair, stare, stoae, stoai, stoic, store, stria, taber, tabes, tabor, taces, tacos, tares, taroc, taros, tarsi, tears, terai, tiara, tiers, tires, tiros, toeas, toras, torcs, tores, toric, torse, torsi, trace, triac, tribe, trice, tries, trios, trois. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-i-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: abreactions. | |
+2 letters: bacteriostat, bicarbonates, secobarbital. | |
+3 letters: bacteriostats, exacerbations, secobarbitals. | |
+4 letters: abortifacients, bacteriophages, bacteriostases, bacteriostasis, bacteriostatic, bacterizations, collaboratives, constabularies, decarbonations, particleboards, rebroadcasting, recalibrations. | |
+5 letters: bacteriophagies, comparabilities, containerboards, hypercatabolism, meroblastically, overabstracting, prefabrications, semiabstraction, sesquicarbonate. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 65 72 6F 62 61 74 69 63 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- . .-. --- -... .- - .. -.-. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100101 01110010 01101111 01100010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A e r o b a t i c s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0065 0072 006F 0062 0061 0074 0069 0063 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35718481686786756985 |
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