Short Final

Editorial Staff

Monday, January 09, 2017 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

A pilot reported another aircraft performing "violent" vertical maneuvers, questioning its legality to Air Traffic Control (ATC).
ATC confirmed that the maneuvers were authorized aerobatics taking place within a designated box.
ATC instructed the reporting pilot to perform a 180-degree turn, as they had inadvertently entered the aerobatics box without permission.

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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!