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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, 1 Jan. 2024
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, 1 Jan. 2024
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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He was later accepted and became a combat fighter pilot and qualified for the test pilot program at Edwards AFB.—
John Baldoni,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Navy test pilot, Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8 and, of course, Apollo 13.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Together, these elements transform a general-purpose chatbot into a capable, trusted copilot.—
Jared Bowns,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Neither has Grayson’s copilot, an auburn-haired young woman with a long ponytail and guarded expression.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Bush pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bush%20pilot. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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