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test pilot

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as in bush pilot

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Recent Examples of test pilot 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 Detachment 5 in the cockpit alongside a developmental test pilot from the Air Force Test Pilot School. — David Szondy june 15, New Atlas, 15 June 2026 Parmitano, 49, an astronaut with the European Space Agency, was the first Italian commander of the space station and an Italian air force test pilot. — William Harwood, CBS News, 9 June 2026 Notably, there are several women with military test pilot experience in the agency’s astronaut corps with comparable experience to their male counterparts for a mission like Artemis III. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for test pilot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for test pilot
  1. bush pilot
  2. pilot
  3. copilot
  4. ace
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Most ominously, the Air Line Pilots Association, International warned that if Google’s AI system re-identifies pilots in the data set, airways could become more dangerous.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026
  • His first thought was that some fool pilot clowning around had messed up bad.
    — USA TODAY staff, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of pilot
Noun
  • That's not a copilot drafting entries for a human to approve.
    — Gregg Mojica, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Pilots, copilots and flight engineers earn a median pay of $226,600.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of copilot
Noun
  • Against Tsitsipas, Shelton smacked 12 aces, won 84 percent of his first-serve points and never faced a break point.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Former UConn ace Anthony Kay found his pitching form in Japan.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of ace

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