box man

noun

The pilot flying behind the leader in a box formation.

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Meanings

nounbox man (plural box men)

plural box men

  1. aeronauticsThe pilot flying behind the leader in a box formation.

    […] there have been an uncomfortably large number of incidents where a leader has flown his whole team into the ground. […] It had happened in the Luftwaffe with an F104 team, and many years later I saw it happen to the box man in the French Fouga Magister team at the Paris Air Show.

    2010, Tony Doyle, Flying at the Edge
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“box man.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/box%20man. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “box man,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/box%20man.

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