Ex-Fighter Pilot
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 Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:15 pm Post subject: Acrobatics vice Aerobatics - come on folks! |
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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......
 
ac·ro·bat·ics /ˌækrəˈbætɪks/ [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.
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Origin:
1880–85; see acrobatic, -ics
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aer·o·bat·ics /ˌɛərəˈbætɪks/[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.
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Origin:
1915–20; aero- + batics
—Related forms
aer·o·bat·ic, adjective
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