society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > aerobatics > [noun] > air display (3)
air pageant1785
In sense ‘of or relating to aircraft or travel by air; conveyed, used by, or involved in the flying of aircraft’, as air boy, air cargo, air chart, ai…
air circus1907
(a) an aerial display; (b) an air display or pageant; (c) a squadron of aeroplanes.
air show1912
an aviation exhibition featuring aerial displays and stunts.