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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
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Meir and Fedyaev have each logged a long-duration stay aboard the station while Hathaway, a former F/A-18E carrier pilot, and Adenot, a French air force helicopter test pilot, are making their first space flight.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Combining views from the cockpit, a mission control area and from chase planes, the video brings views from takeoff, flight and touchdown — and the moment when NASA lead X-59 test pilot Nils Larson emerges from the cockpit to greet well-wishers.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
25 Nov. 2025
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The preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board also concluded that while an experienced pilot was at the controls, the person sitting in the right seat wasn’t qualified to be the copilot.—
Josh Funk,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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The driver, Majid (Ali Mohammad Radmanesh), has romantic feelings for his copilot, Najveh (Zakieh Behbahani), a deaf woman in a relationship with a domestic abuser.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Bush pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bush%20pilot. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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