Noun
(military, aviation, obsolete) A WWI German fighter wing.
Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1), the Red Baron's Flying Circus
(archaic) A barnstorming troop.
Monty Python's Flying Circus
We took up the offer with the BBC, and that was Monty Python's Flying Circus. I didn't have to submit my ideas to the group. I used to turn up on the days we recorded with a can of film under my arm, and in it went. Terry Gilliam