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test pilot

NOUN
aircraft tester
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The agencies told him that Rush not only wasn’t an elite military test pilot, as he had claimed to the CIA, but he also held no pilot credentials at all.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Air Force colonel with more than 27 years of experience as an instructor pilot, fighter pilot, and test pilot.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

A test pilot who has logged 170 days in space, he can step into any role.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

Reid Wiseman, a 50-year-old former naval aviator and test pilot who was also a deputy chief of NASA's astronaut office, will be in command.

From Barron's Apr. 1, 2026

Now he was Paul Tibbets stands in front of the Enola Gay on Tinian Island, August 6, 1945. back in the States working as a test pilot, helping engineers design the new B-29 bomber.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin



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