test pilot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of test pilot
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Airbus chief test pilot Malcolm Ridley says it has taken a relatively modest engineering change to adapt the aircraft for ultra-long-haul flights.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
The agencies told him that Rush not only wasn’t an elite military test pilot, as he had claimed to the CIA, but he also held no pilot credentials at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Air Force colonel with more than 27 years of experience as an instructor pilot, fighter pilot, and test pilot.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
Reid Wiseman, a 50-year-old former naval aviator and test pilot who was also a deputy chief of NASA's astronaut office, will be in command.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
In 1957, the former Marine test pilot had campaigned fiercely— and unsuccessfully—to be the first of the Mercury Seven to navigate to the heavens.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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