noun. Spectacular stunts, such as rolls and loops, performed in an airplane or glider or by groups of airplanes flying together.

noun. Spectacular stunts, performed in an airplane or glider. Examples include various types of rolls and loops.

noun. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft

"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."

aerobatic  

flight  flying  

spin  tailspin  

Charismatics  acrobatics  attics  automatics  batiks  

acrobatics  banking  chandelle  crabbing  dive