ground crew

noun

: the mechanics and technicians who maintain and service an airplane

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Cleveland’s ground crew originally thought the storm had passed and was setting up the field when another storm popped up. Dan Hayes, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 Last month, ground crews placed the 212-foot-tall (64.6-meter) core stage between the Space Launch System's twin solid rocket boosters stacked inside one of the Vehicle Assembly Building's high bays. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2025 Photos showed passengers scrambling out on a wing above the smoke as ground crew members tried to get the bridge to DIA in place and positioned slides and ladders. Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 1 Apr. 2025 Finally, ground crews lowered the rocket between the Space Launch System's twin solid rocket boosters already stacked on a mobile launch platform inside High Bay 3, where NASA assembled Space Shuttles and Saturn V rockets for Apollo lunar missions. Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ground crew

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First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ground crew was in 1934

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“Ground crew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20crew. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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ground crew

noun
: the mechanics and technicians who maintain and service an aircraft
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