Definition of aviator
: the operator or pilot of an aircraft and especially an airplane
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the solo flight from New York to Paris by the aviator Charles Lindbergh captured the imagination of people around the world
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Hyde said his total years of overlapping public service, including time as an aviator and officer in the U.S. Air Force as well as the classroom and City Hall, amounted to 87.
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In 1932, aviator Charles A. Lindbergh and John F. Condon went to a cemetery in The Bronx, New York, where Condon turned over $50,000 to a man in exchange for Lindbergh’s kidnapped son.
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The study is the first to show that spiders, like any good aviator, carefully evaluate wind conditions before takeoff.
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On Sunday, Walton was a special guest at the rodeo - and the Army vet shook hands with Bush, who was an aviator for the Navy during the war.
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After Project Zebra was declassified in 2013, efforts slowly developed to honor it with a monument, which would include three figures — one each of Soviet, U.S. and United Kingdom aviators.
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After Project Zebra was declassified in 2013, efforts slowly developed to honor it with a monument, which would feature three aviator figures — one each from the Soviet Union, U.S. and Britain.
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Carter served with the Tuskegee Airmen, the first black aviators in the U.S. military, during World War II.
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The Navy late Thursday identified the two aviators who died Wednesday when their fighter jet crashed in Key West, Florida.
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First Known Use of aviator
1868
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: the pilot of an aircraft
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