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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Bennett is a former Navy helicopter pilot and served for over a decade and also worked as a test pilot and served in the Air National Guard.
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Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
26 June 2026
The inaugural flight took place from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport in France, where test pilot Sébastien Dupont de Dinechin and copilot Fabrice Dougnac lifted off aboard the Falcon 10X for a mission lasting approximately two and a half hours.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 June 2026
Detachment 5 in the cockpit alongside a developmental test pilot from the Air Force Test Pilot School.
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David Szondy
june 15,
New Atlas,
15 June 2026
Bob Stanley started Stanley Aviation in 1948 after attending the California Institute of Technology and becoming a U.S. Navy aviator and test pilot.
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Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
10 June 2026
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Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
26 June 2026
The inaugural flight took place from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport in France, where test pilot Sébastien Dupont de Dinechin and copilot Fabrice Dougnac lifted off aboard the Falcon 10X for a mission lasting approximately two and a half hours.
—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 June 2026
Detachment 5 in the cockpit alongside a developmental test pilot from the Air Force Test Pilot School.
—
David Szondy
june 15,
New Atlas,
15 June 2026
Bob Stanley started Stanley Aviation in 1948 after attending the California Institute of Technology and becoming a U.S. Navy aviator and test pilot.
—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
10 June 2026
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“Test pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/test%20pilot. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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