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Definition of Airplane pilot
1. Noun. Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.
Category relationships: Aircraft
Generic synonyms: Aeronaut, Airman, Aviator, Flier, Flyer
Specialized synonyms: Barnstormer, Stunt Flier, Stunt Pilot, Captain, Senior Pilot, Combat Pilot, Co-pilot, Copilot, Kamikaze, Test Pilot, Wingman
Derivative terms: Pilot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Airplane Pilot
Literary usage of Airplane pilot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919-1939 by Maurer Maurer (1987)
"After serving 7 years and flying 2000 hours as a rated airplane pilot, he qualified
as airplane commander.8 In 1937 the Air Corps provided a new rating ..."
2. Opportunity Monograph: Vocational Rehabilitation Series, No. 1-40. November by United States Division of Vocational Education (1918)
"airplane pilot Air-propeller maker Air-propeller tester and inspector Ammonia
... Airplane mechanic, automobile repairer. airplane pilot. or trimmer. ..."
3. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1919)
"Mr. Ault, however, reports: "The first known instance of an airplane pilot being
informed of his position by astronomical methods should be recorded here. ..."
4. Marines & Helicopters, 1962-1973 by William R. Fails (1995)
"This is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an airplane pilot;
and why, in generality, airplane pilots are open, clear-eyed, ..."
5. Opportunities in Aviation by Arthur Sweetser, Gordon Lamont (1920)
"It was estimated that it took ten mechanics of various kinds on the ground to
keep one airplane pilot flying in the air, and the experience of the United ..."
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