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test pilot

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as in bush pilot

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Recent Examples of test pilot After a test pilot taxied the aircraft from a hangar at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, the X-59 jet took off and landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 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 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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According to Hiatt, both pilots include returning champions competing against challengers and a progressive jackpot.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
For now, the central test is whether autonomous electric railcars can move from supervised pilots to dependable commercial service across existing rail networks.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of pilot

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The attack nearly brought down the aircraft carrying 182 people before passengers helped subdue the copilot, who had reportedly been barred from flying in Oman over extremist views.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
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

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Zheng clinched with her first match point chance, serving an ace to Andreeva’s backhand side, then fell to the court sobbing with emotion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Rays ace Drew Rasmussen did the heavy lifting in Saturday’s opener, taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning before allowing a two-out double to Austin Wells, who then ran into the third out trying to stretch his hit into a triple.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2026

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