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Time: 
08:20:21 PM PST US
Subject: 
Acrobatics vice Aerobatics - come on folks!
From: 
"Ex-Fighter Pilot" <blackjackzak@hotmail.com>
      
      
      Sorry folks,  with all due respect to those on this forum who get it right.....please
      look at the information below from the Webster based, online dictionary.
      What we do in aircraft is NOT ACROBATICS....!!!
      The correct term is AEROBATICS......
      
      [Rolling Eyes]   [Shocked] 
      
      
      acrobatics /krbtks/  [ak-ruh-bat-iks]  Show IPA
      
      noun 
      1. ( used with a plural verb ) the feats of an acrobat; gymnastics. 
      2. ( used with a singular verb ) the art or practice of acrobatic feats. 
      3. ( used with a plural verb ) something performed with remarkable agility and
      ease: the verbal acrobatics of a habitual liar. 
      Use acrobatics in a Sentence
      See images of acrobatics
      Search acrobatics on the Web
      
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      Origin: 
      188085; see acrobatic, -ics
      
      
      aerobatics /rbtks/[air-uh-bat-iks]  Show IPA
      
      noun 
      1. ( used with a plural verb ) stunts performed in flight by an airplane, glider,
      or the like. 
      2. ( used with a singular verb ) the art or technique of performing such stunts.
      
      Use aerobatics in a Sentence
      See images of aerobatics
      Search aerobatics on the Web
      
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      Origin: 
      191520; aero- + batics
      
      Related forms 
      aerobatic, adjective
      
      
      Read this topic online here:
      
      http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=347513#347513
      
      








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