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air-minded

American  
[air-mahyn-did] / ˈɛərˌmaɪn dɪd /

adjective

  1. interested in aviation or aeronautics.

  2. favoring increased use of aircraft.


air-minded British  

adjective

  1. interested in or promoting aviation or aircraft

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of air-minded

First recorded in 1925–30

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Thus he was air's most persuasive spokesman when he and other flyers brought their plan for amalgamation of all the support commands to air-minded "Ike" Eisenhower.

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Each week air-minded Bob LeTourneau flys some 4,000 miles around the country in one of his planes to hold gospel meetings.

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But the submariners' most grievous worry is that the Navy has fallen under the control of air-minded admirals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two examples of his attitude toward aviation's future: On one of his grudging plane trips, he landed at air-minded Oklahoma City.

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“They’d better get the Army on the job before those babies get air-minded again!” he told himself, as he winged on into the rising sun.

From Spawn of the Comet by H. Thompson (Harold Thompson) Rich

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