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airwise en · ADJ

Etymology

From air + wise.

Meanings

1. Competent and familiar with aircraft or air travel.
   • GENERAL LORE FOR THE AIRWISE. Here's a quick roundup of facts and suggestions for all airborne trippers, regardless of the type of aircraft they happen to fly... 1979, Temple Fielding, Fielding's Europe, 1979:
   • ...a craft that will astonish even the most airwise of all aeronautical engineers. 1999, Howard Mansfield, Skylark: the life, lies, and inventions of Harry Atwood:
   • The Public Should Become Airwise. The whole question of accidents is a very tragic and deeply interesting one. The public does not understand it. 1927, Society of Automotive Engineers, SAE journal, volume 19:

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