aerobate

verb

Etymology: Back-formation from aerobatics?

1. To perform aerobatics.

   “A Harvard was then aerobated with commendable elan, accompanied by the usual powerful noises and public comment. By this time everyone's aeronautical appetite was thoroughly whetted to receive the next event[…]”

   “As the tower clears us downwind for landing, we thread our way gingerly through a hurtling mass of aerobating lightplanes.”