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test pilot

noun as in aircraft tester

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He retired from the Air Force with the rank of lieutenant colonel and went on to work as a test pilot.

And, like a junior officer first learning tactics, some lessons can only be learned in the air, Vista’s test pilots said.

Mr. Dwight was a charismatic, handsome test pilot, a public relations dream for an administration looking to lead on civil rights.

He later served as a test pilot and flight instructor, among other roles, before retiring as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force in the mid-1960s.

Legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager gave the Mercury astronauts the sassy nickname “Spam in a can,” given their role as relatively passive passengers in a largely automated space flight.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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