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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.
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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.
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Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
1 Jan. 2024
But never underestimate an Arctic bush pilot.
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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.
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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
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Detachment 5 in the cockpit alongside a developmental test pilot from the Air Force Test Pilot School.
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On June 5, founder and chief test pilot Miguel Iturmendi conducted a series of short test flights at Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in central Florida aboard a modified Pipistrel Taurus motor glider designated as the Helios Horizon.
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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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The four founded Cursor in 2022, initially focusing on building an AI copilot for the mechanical engineering industry.
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“Bush pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bush%20pilot. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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