Flying & Speech Programs

There is a glossary at the bottom of the page.

Airshows Downunder Shellharbour era

Source: Airshows Downunder Shellharbour/Wings Over Illawarra

Aerobatics – Thrilling manoeuvres that involve bank angles greater than 60 degrees and/or pitch angles greater than 45 degrees.
Aero teaser – Short aerobatics display.
Airfield/Ground Attack – An aircraft simulates manoeuvres used to attack a ground target in combat.
Balbo – a large group of warbirds flying in formation
Dogfight/Tailchase – 1 or more aircraft chase another, as they would in aerial combat.
Flag Drop – Aircraft climb to altitude before releasing skydivers, who descend with large flags suspended below them.
Flypast – 1 or more aircraft fly straight and level past the airshow audience.
Formation flypasts – A flypast performed by 2 or more aircraft holding a set formation.
Handling display – An aircraft demonstrates its flying ability with manoeuvres that may or may not include aerobatics, depending on the individual aircraft’s capability.
Scramble – 1 or more parked aircraft start and take off in the shortest time possible.
Solo – A single aircraft performing.
Wall Of Fire – Exploding fireball pyrotechnics placed in a row alongside the main flying display runway.