aviator
Other forms: aviators
An aviator is a pilot. Every aircraft you see in the sky has an aviator in it.
Aviation is the science that makes airplanes and other vehicles that fly through the air. An aviator is someone who flies one of those vehicles. This is kind of an old-fashioned word: these days, you're much more likely to hear aviators referred to as pilots. Some aviators work for airlines, while others own private planes. Helicopters and blimps have aviators too.
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someone who operates an aircraft
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Floyd Bennett
United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)
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Louis Bleriot
French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936)
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Jacqueline Cochran
United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Charles Augustus Lindbergh
United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)
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William Mitchell
United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936)
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Wiley Post
United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
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Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973)
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airwoman, aviatress, aviatrix
a woman aviator
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airplane pilot, pilot
someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
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barnstormer, stunt flier, stunt pilot
a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting
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captain, senior pilot
the pilot in charge of an airship
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combat pilot
airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces
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co-pilot, copilot
a relief pilot on an airplane
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kamikaze
a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash
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test pilot
a pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them
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wingman
the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation
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skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
a worker who has acquired special skills
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