test pilot

English

Noun

test pilot (plural test pilots)

1. (aviation) An aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers.
   • 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^[1], archived from the original on 16 June 2020:

     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.

Translations

aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers

• Danish: testpilot c, testflyver c
• Finnish: koelentäjä
• Hungarian: berepülőpilóta (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: testflyger m, testflyver m

  Nynorsk: testpilot m, testflygar m

• Romanian: pilot de încercare m
• Russian: лётчик-испыта́тель (ru) m (ljótčik-ispytátelʹ)
• Spanish: piloto de prueba m
• Swedish: testpilot (sv) c, provflygare c
• Ukrainian: льо́тчик-випро́бувач m (lʹótčyk-vypróbuvač)

See also

• test-fly

Anagrams

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