test pilot
noun
: a pilot who specializes in putting new or experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them (as for strength) by producing strains in excess of normal
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Chief test pilot and company founder Miguel Iturmendi expects that figure to grow another 40% within two years.
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Omar Kardoudi
june 12, New Atlas, 12 June 2026
On June 5, founder and chief test pilot Miguel Iturmendi conducted a series of short test flights at Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in central Florida aboard a modified Pipistrel Taurus motor glider designated as the Helios Horizon.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
Parmitano, 49, an astronaut with the European Space Agency, was the first Italian commander of the space station and an Italian air force test pilot.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Notably, there are several women with military test pilot experience in the agency’s astronaut corps with comparable experience to their male counterparts for a mission like Artemis III.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
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Omar Kardoudi
june 12, New Atlas, 12 June 2026
On June 5, founder and chief test pilot Miguel Iturmendi conducted a series of short test flights at Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in central Florida aboard a modified Pipistrel Taurus motor glider designated as the Helios Horizon.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
Parmitano, 49, an astronaut with the European Space Agency, was the first Italian commander of the space station and an Italian air force test pilot.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Notably, there are several women with military test pilot experience in the agency’s astronaut corps with comparable experience to their male counterparts for a mission like Artemis III.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
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“Test pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/test%20pilot. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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