different between aerobatic vs wifferdill

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Blend of aero- +? acrobatic

aerobatic (comparative more aerobatic, superlative most aerobatic)

Having to do with acrobatic maneuvers, such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.

wifferdill (plural wifferdills)

(aviation) An aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a series of very tight turns in order to reverse its direction of travel.
- 2003, Dik Alan Daso, Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary, ?ISBN, p. 20.
  Doolittle executed a grand wifferdill—rapidly climbing to exchange airspeed for altitude—after completing the course, then a perfect landing.

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