Chris Barker wrote:
>
> It's funny, but I have known many of your compatriots call them
> acrobatics. But we call them aerobatics ("aeros" for short) over
> here. And we have just been cleared, again, to carry out flick
> manoeuvres in the Grob115. This is a bit of a relief because a Cuban
> 8 or Horizontal 8 is a bit yawn-inducing at the Grob's normal rate of
> aileron roll. A reverse stall turn is almost impossible without a
> little flick action - we must call them "snap rolls" to comply with
> the certification... ;-).
>
> Chris
>
The correct term, even on this side of the Atlantic where we barely
speak English, for airplane acrobatics is Aerobatics. However, the only
people I know that use the correct term are pilots and pilot wannabes.
Jerry Liles
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