bush pilot

noun

A pilot who engages in bush flying: piloting small aircraft (bush planes or bush helicopters) to and from remote locations, over expanses of relatively unpopulated territory.

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Meanings

nounbush pilot (plural bush pilots)

plural bush pilots

  1. AustraliaCanadaNew GuineaA pilot who engages in bush flying: piloting small aircraft (bush planes or bush helicopters) to and from remote locations, over expanses of relatively unpopulated territory.

    Last month, landed by a bush pilot on a glacier at 7,000 ft., the four began their long push—the kind of adventure that pales a plains dweller.

    1959 July 13, “‘The Great One’”, in Time
  2. AustraliaobsoleteA person who guides people through bushland.

Translations

French pilote de brousse
  • pilote de broussepilot
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APA

bush pilot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bush%20pilot

MLA

“bush pilot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bush%20pilot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bush pilot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bush%20pilot.

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