Short Final

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • A pilot reported observing an aircraft performing "violent" vertical maneuvers, questioning its permission.
  • Air Traffic Control (ATC) confirmed the observed aircraft was authorized to perform aerobatics.
  • ATC warned the reporting pilot that they had no permission to enter the aerobatics box and recommended an immediate 180-degree turn.
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Recently heard on Bremen Information (Germany):

Pilot: Bremen Information D-EABC

ATC: D-EABC Bremen Information

Pilot: D-EABC there is a guy here violently moving on the vertical about 2000 feet up- and downwards. Do you know about that and does he have a permission to do that?

ATC: D-EABC yes, he does, But you have no permission to penetrate his aerobatics box. I recommend you perform a 180!

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