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In fact, the creek's orange color was what led a bush pilot to report the likelihood of valuable minerals there in the 1960s.
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Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
West with the Night by Beryl Markham (1942) Markham, who grew up in the Kenyan Rift Valley hunting with spears and training horses, became one of West Africa's greatest bush pilots.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 26 Aug. 2023
So to be told there were two more hours in a horrifyingly small Cessna and there wouldn’t even be much to see aside from the occasional side-eye at my handsome bush pilot?
—Todd Plummer, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2023
Duke Marolf, a 38-year-old marine welder and bush pilot in Seward, Alaska, also heard the Yeti tales.
—John Clarke, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
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Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
West with the Night by Beryl Markham (1942) Markham, who grew up in the Kenyan Rift Valley hunting with spears and training horses, became one of West Africa's greatest bush pilots.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 26 Aug. 2023
So to be told there were two more hours in a horrifyingly small Cessna and there wouldn’t even be much to see aside from the occasional side-eye at my handsome bush pilot?
—Todd Plummer, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2023
Duke Marolf, a 38-year-old marine welder and bush pilot in Seward, Alaska, also heard the Yeti tales.
—John Clarke, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bush pilot
Noun
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The July 10 initial taxi tests with test pilot Nils Larson at the controls marked a major milestone as the 100-ft (30 m) demonstrator conducted its first maneuvers under its own power.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 July 2025
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The craft seemed ideal for welcoming travelers who were not former test pilots, as the earliest astronauts were—or who were not astronauts at all.—
Alice George,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2025
Noun
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In 2014, four Air Force servicemen were killed after a flock of Canadian geese reportedly flew through their helicopter’s windshield, knocking the pilot and copilot unconscious.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
10 July 2025
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This is not chatbots and copilots, this is a case of AI agents with yellow hard hats.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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“Bush pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bush%20pilot. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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