Buzzing The Tower

An aerial stunt in which an airplane tries to fly as close to a control tower as fast as the pilot can come without collision.
Obviously only acceptable if staged because it is so dangerous.

I'm pretty sure you could get in real trouble with the FAA for buzzing the tower without permission.

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dogfight

An auto racing term borrowed from air combat terminology, used to describe a battle between two or more drivers that involves a lot of overtaking and changing of position.

Did you see that last lap between Hamilton, Button and Massa? Now that was a dogfight!

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suicide door

A car door whose hinge is near the rear of the car rather than near the front of the car. So called because it tends to fly open if caught by the wind (especially in the case of poor panel fit or an open-top car that does not channel air efficiently) rather than shutting right away, causing the car to become unbalanced at speed and leading to numerous other possibly fatal results, such as the car being thrown to one side and crashing or an occupant thrown out of the car.

They used to put suicide doors on a lot of cars in the '20s, but now we know better.

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maneuver kill

An air combat term for losing a pursuer in such a way that the attacker is killed by crashing in an attempt to keep following the defender.

When a fighter has been in production for long enough, you can bet its record will include at least one maneuver kill.

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