test pilot en · NOUN
Meanings
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An aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers.
Written by Josh Singer, who shaped a triumph of investigative journalism into the award-winning Spotlight, First Man recounts a significant decade of [Neil] Armstrong's life, from pushing boundaries as a test pilot to taking that one small step for mankind.
2018 October 9, A. A. Dowd, “The Star and Director of La La Land Reunite for First Man’s Spectacular Trip to the Moon”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2020:
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Translations (14)
ru лётчик-испыта́тель (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers) · es piloto de prueba (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers) · nn testpilot (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers) · nn testflygar (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers) · da testpilot (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers) · hu berepülőpilóta (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers) · fi koelentäjä (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers) · sv testpilot (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers) · nb testflyger (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers) · sv provflygare (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers) · ro pilot de încercare (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers) · uk льо́тчик-випро́бувач (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers) · nb testflyver (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers) · da testflyver (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers)