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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In Green Lantern, Reynolds portrayed Hal Jordan, a test pilot who is granted superpowers and joins an intergalactic police force via an all-powerful green ring that grants him his powers.
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Emily Shilling, one of the transgender soldiers who brought the case, is a naval aviator with 19 years of service and flew 60 combat missions before becoming a Navy test pilot.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
The new season gets off to a strong start in its opening sequence, in which Cassian steals an imperial fighter ship, posing as a test pilot.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
In 1993, Williams was selected to become a naval test pilot and graduated from the course that same year.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Emily Shilling, one of the transgender soldiers who brought the case, is a naval aviator with 19 years of service and flew 60 combat missions before becoming a Navy test pilot.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
The new season gets off to a strong start in its opening sequence, in which Cassian steals an imperial fighter ship, posing as a test pilot.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
In 1993, Williams was selected to become a naval test pilot and graduated from the course that same year.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Test pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/test%20pilot. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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