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airmanship

[ air-muh n-ship ]
/ ˈɛər mənˌʃɪp /

noun

the knowledge and ability needed to control and navigate an aircraft.

Words nearby airmanship

airlock, airmada, airmail, airman, airman's medal, airmanship, airmobile, airpack, airpark, airpipe, airplane

Origin of airmanship

First recorded in 1860–65; air1 + -manship
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for airmanship

  • He had long ago arrived at the state of airmanship which makes a pilot into a sensitive inclinometer, acting every way at once.

    H.M.S. ----|Klaxon