stunt flying
Daredevil pilot maneuvers
Stunt flying is aerial acrobatics—loops, rolls, dives, and other dramatic maneuvers performed for entertainment or competition.
The term covers both airshow performances and the dangerous flying done for film productions.
A stunt flyer or stunt pilot specializes in these maneuvers: She started as a stunt flyer before becoming a commercial pilot.
- air showPublic aviation demonstration
- airshowPublic flight demonstration
- barrel rollFull-axis aircraft rotation
- aerobaticsSpectacular aircraft maneuvers
- Immelmann turnAerobatic direction-reversing climb
biplane · loop · wing walking · open cockpit · roll · barnstorming · tail slide · spin · tight turn · loop-the-loop · monoplane · snap roll · aviation · Red Baron · adrenaline · dive · low pass · pilot
- Aviation HistoryWright Brothers, Wright Flyer, Wright brothers, Kitty Hawk, first flight
- Stuntsdaredevil, stunts, car flip, bullet catch, bungee jumping
- aerobaticsbarrel roll, loop the loop, loop-the-loop, loops, snap roll
- air sportsskydiving, paragliding, hang gliding, parachuting, gliding
- recreational flyinggliding, hang gliding, paragliding, skydiving, ballooning
- pilotingtakeoff, landing, climbing, cruising, descending