aeronaut

DEFINITIONS OF: aeronaut

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United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928); Louis Bleriot
French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936); Jacqueline Cochran
United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980); James Harold Doolittle
United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993); Amelia Earhart
first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937); Howard Robard Hughes
United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976); Charles Augustus Lindbergh
United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974); William Mitchell
United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936); Wiley Post
United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935); Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973)

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; airwoman, aviatress, aviatrix
a woman aviator; airplane pilot, pilot
someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight; barnstormer, stunt flier, stunt pilot
a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting; captain, senior pilot
the pilot in charge of an airship; combat pilot
airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces; co-pilot, copilot
a relief pilot on an airplane; kamikaze
a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash; test pilot
a pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them; wingman
the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation

Type of:: skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
a worker who has acquired special skills

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