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test pilot

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Definition of test pilot

as in bush pilot

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Recent Examples of test pilot After serving in the military for 15 years — including as a Navy test pilot — he was selected by NASA for its 21st class of astronauts in 2013. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 The former test pilot’s signature weapon is the power ring, an artifact forged by the Guardians of the Universe — the founders of the Corps. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026 Bennett is a former Navy helicopter pilot and served for over a decade and also worked as a test pilot and served in the Air National Guard. — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 26 June 2026 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. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for test pilot

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On April 3, 2012, longtime bush pilot Kenneth Jouppi was preparing to transport a passenger and her groceries from Fairbanks to the remote community of Beaver, a dry village since 2004.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
With the incessant storms that year, bush pilots said red lights would be easier to see than the current blue ones.

— Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026

Definition of bush pilot

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In a small pilot study of human-AI relationships in China, for example, people’s attachment towards AI barely matched their attachment towards real people.

— Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
The attorney general of the UAE, Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, said the co-pilot on board the flight had attempted to seize control of the plane by attacking his colleague with a crash ax – a piece of equipment required on most aircraft.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of pilot

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After a passenger grabbed the copilot and pulled him out, and others grappled with the man to subdue him, Schlichter said that one of the traveling pilots practically hurtled the scrum to enter the cockpit and seize the controls.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
After an Omani national copilot — who has since been identified as 29-year-old Hamam al-Hammami — allegedly stabbed FlyDubai flight 1073’s pilot Capt.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of copilot

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The Padres lost for only the fourth time in their last 24 outings despite chasing ace Jacob Misiorowski after four innings.

— Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
For the third time in six days, the Braves could ask their left-handed ace to give them a chance to win in the playoffs.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 4 Oct. 2026

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