Aerobatics, not acrobatics

“Aerobatics” is what aircraft do at airshows. “Acrobatics” is what a human does on a trampoline.

For the TV media, the print media’s front page stories and city officials who wish to speak on the subject, there is a difference in the two.

We won’t be watching the Blue Angles doing “acrobatics” over the water, unless of course the pilot ejects from the F-18. In that case the pilot is then doing acrobatics. But we will surely enjoy seeing the aerobatics of the various aircraft in the airshow.

This story was originally published April 29, 2018 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Aerobatics, not acrobatics."