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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Thus, the two antagonistic test pilots and their love interest must thwart something far more sinister.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
He was passed over for the opportunity to go into space, despite graduating in the top half of a test pilot school.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 20 May 2024
This aircraft was piloted by Sergey Bogdan, the senior test pilot for aircraft designer Sukhoi.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Coleman's website said he was based out of California and was an engineer, aerobatic and test pilot with more than 10,000 hours of flight time.
—CBS News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Ollie Barder, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
He was passed over for the opportunity to go into space, despite graduating in the top half of a test pilot school.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 20 May 2024
This aircraft was piloted by Sergey Bogdan, the senior test pilot for aircraft designer Sukhoi.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Coleman's website said he was based out of California and was an engineer, aerobatic and test pilot with more than 10,000 hours of flight time.
—CBS News, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Test pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/test%20pilot. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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