test pilot

Meanings

nountest pilot (plural test pilots)

aeronauticsAn aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers.
Written by Josh Singer, who shaped a triumph of investigative journalism into the award-winning Spotlight, First Man recounts a significant decade of [Neil] Armstrong's life, from pushing boundaries as a test pilot to taking that one small step for mankind.
2018 October 9, A. A. Dowd, “The Star and Director of La La Land Reunite for First Man’s Spectacular Trip to the Moon”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2020

Danish testpilot, testflyver

Finnish koelentäjä

Hungarian berepülőpilóta

Norwegian Bokmål testflyger, testflyver

Romanian pilot de încercare

pilot de încercareaviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers

Russian лётчик-испыта́тель

лётчик-испыта́тель (ljótčik-ispytátelʹ)aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers

Spanish piloto de prueba

piloto de pruebaaviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers

Swedish testpilot, provflygare

Ukrainian льо́тчик-випро́бувач

льо́тчик-випро́бувач (lʹótčyk-vypróbuvač)aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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