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Aerial flight

A circus act performed at a height under the circus cupola. It is performed above safety net and consists of numerous flights of gymnasts from one trapeze to another or to the hands of catcher who is in frame or loping, i.e. from one moving support to another; as a rule, the performers complete these flights with jumps into safety net.

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