Thesaurus results for TEST PILOT

test pilot

noun

as in bush pilot

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Recent Examples of test pilot Jones is a test pilot with more than 1,600 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft, including 150 combat hours. —

Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025 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 Navy test pilot, Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8 and, of course, Apollo 13. —

Jack Smart, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025 Born on March 25, 1928, in Cleveland, Lovell had served as a naval air test pilot when he was first selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1962. —

Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for test pilot

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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
Inspired by post-war bush pilots in Northern Canada, this bomber jacket nods to the durability, warmth, and flexibility those pilots relied on to work the runways in freezing weather.

— Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025