test pilot
a pilot employed to test-fly newly-built aircraft.
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Armstrong had served as a Naval aviator in Korea, returned to Purdue to complete his degree, and then joined NASA’s predecessor agency as a test pilot.
How the Inspiration4 Mission Fits Into the Long History of Civilian Space Travel | Olivia B. Waxman | August 9, 2021 | TimeBack in the heyday of the Cold War and the 1960s Space Race, NASA recruited its astronauts almost exclusively from the ranks of military test pilots.
How the Inspiration4 Mission Fits Into the Long History of Civilian Space Travel | Olivia B. Waxman | August 9, 2021 | TimeIt’s true for test pilots, it’s true for tourists, it’s even true for fabulously rich men who build their own spacecraft and pay their own freight.
The Jeff Bezos-Richard Branson Space Race Is About More Than Two Billionaires' Egos | Jeffrey Kluger | July 9, 2021 | TimeFAA regulators can only learn what is safe and what is not as the test pilots learn it themselves.
Richard Branson's Big Space D*ck Contest with Bezos is Reckless—and Potentially Deadly | Clive Irving | July 2, 2021 | The Daily BeastThis is an expansion of the company’s existing license, which had granted it permission to fly professional test pilots and astronauts to space using its spaceplane.
FAA clears Virgin Galactic for commercial astronaut spaceflight | Darrell Etherington | June 25, 2021 | TechCrunch
But she surprised the test pilots—there were three, the chief test pilot Jack Waddell, Wygle and Jess Wallick.
Illinois is at the forefront of smart-grid test-pilot programs.
How to Stop Blackouts: Smart-Grid Technology Could Ease Storms’ Aftermath | Miranda Green | November 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTInside the small world of military aviation, his exploits as a test pilot are still spoken of with awe.
Buzz Aldrin: Neil Armstrong Was ‘The Best Pilot I Ever Knew’ | Taylor Dinerman | August 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHis skill as a research and test pilot certainly impressed Buzz Aldrin.
Buzz Aldrin: Neil Armstrong Was ‘The Best Pilot I Ever Knew’ | Taylor Dinerman | August 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI had known Bill since before he had become their chief test pilot.
Test Pilot | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)Last Fridays job was to have been Jimmys last as a test pilot.
Test Pilot | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)If something goes wrong because the test pilot is disturbed or nervous, the company will be bankrupt.
Faithfully Yours | Lou TabakowI had heard that another free-lance test pilot like myself had recently jumped out of a ship he had been diving.
Test Pilot | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)Our chief test pilot now, you know, has done seven of these dive demonstrations.
Test Pilot | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
British Dictionary definitions for test pilot
a pilot who flies aircraft of new design to test their performance in the air
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