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On August 19, after climbers and supplies had been organized and a weather window opened up, Alaskan bush pilot Don Sheldon flew the team straight into the Kahiltna Glacier at 9,800 feet to start climbing—nearly three thousand feet above the usual base camp elevation.
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2025
It was designed with the help of Alaskan bush pilot Tommy Thompson in 1952.
—Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
In fact, the creek's orange color was what led a bush pilot to report the likelihood of valuable minerals there in the 1960s.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
But never underestimate an Arctic bush pilot.
—Maggie Shipstead, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2019
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2025
It was designed with the help of Alaskan bush pilot Tommy Thompson in 1952.
—Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
In fact, the creek's orange color was what led a bush pilot to report the likelihood of valuable minerals there in the 1960s.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
But never underestimate an Arctic bush pilot.
—Maggie Shipstead, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bush pilot
Noun
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The fighter jet was flown by a Royal Navy F-35B test pilot from the UK’s Air & Space Warfare Center.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
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On this flight, test pilot Matt Diamond in the left seat beside me is not controlling the airplane at all.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Salesforce and ServiceNow have both cited AI copilot features driving sales productivity metrics—more pipeline per rep, faster deal cycles, higher contract values—that show up in revenue per employee metrics.—
Jason Kirsch,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Morales had been rescued by Brothers to the Rescue four years earlier while attempting to cross the straits on a makeshift raft and later joined the group as a copilot.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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“Bush pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bush%20pilot. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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