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Definition: Test Pilot |
Test PilotNoun1. A pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Occupations | Pilots new, prototype, experimental, modified, and production aircraft to evaluate factors such as aircraft's airworthiness, performance, systems operation, and design: Inspects or oversees inspection of aircraft prior to flight to ensure aircraft's readiness for flight. Starts and warms engine, listens to engine sounds at various speeds, and monitors instruments to detect malfunctions. Taxies aircraft to test controls, brakes, and shock absorbers. Radios control tower for takeoff instructions, releases brakes, and moves throttles and hand and foot controls to take off and control aircraft in flight. Operates aircraft controls to perform maneuvers, such as stalls, dives, loops, rolls, turns, and speed runs, to test and evaluate stability, control characteristics, and aerodynamic design. Observes recording, measuring, and operating instruments and equipment during test flight to evaluate aircraft's performance. Prepares report of test results and collaborates with engineering personnel to analyze test data. Assists engineers in preparing master flight plans for testing purposes. May provide instructions for adjustments or replacement of parts. May deliver aircraft to designated receiving point. May train customer in operation of aircraft. (references) |
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The film was written by Howard Hawks, Vincent Lawrence, John Lee Mahin, Frank Wead and Waldemar Young, and directed by Victor Fleming.
The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Mariner | Aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus; aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew; astronaut, cosmonaut; parachutist, paratrooper. |
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Crosswords: Test Pilot |
| English words defined with "test pilot": brash ♦ daredevil ♦ experimental ♦ model ♦ pilot, pilot program, pilot project ♦ temerarious, test, trial. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "test pilot": assembler-insulator, avionics and radar technician, avionics mechanic, AVIONICS TECHNICIAN ♦ CHECK PILOT, CHIP TESTER ♦ engineering test pilot ♦ food scientis, FOOD TECHNOLOGIST ♦ Initial Operational Test and Evaluation ♦ MOLD OPERATOR ♦ radio and radar technician, radio operator, ground, RADIO STATION OPERATOR. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Test Pilot (1957) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Test Pilot John A. Manke and M2-F3 Lifting Body.Credit: NASA. |  | Test Pilot and Engineer.Credit: NASA. |
 | Raptor 4001 completes its 300th flight hour with Lockheed Martin test pilot Paul Metz at the controls. Currently, the F-22 flight test fleet of three Raptors have logged 620 flight hours. (U.S. Air Force p.; photo by Judson Brohmer) |  | A head-up display can be a lifesaving tool in difficult flying environments. Students at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School are evaluating raster-capable HUDs that show a television-like image underneath basic HUD symbology. (Courtesy photo). |
 | Students from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School used the NF-16D variable stability in-flight simulator, or VISTA, to test a design tool that could help prevent pilot-induced oscillations in future aircraft. (P.; photo by Tom Reynolds).. |  | The NF-16D VISTA will give the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., flexibility by providing one aircraft that can play the role of several fighters. It also provides students an opportunity to learn how to test future integra. |
 | U.S. Air Force Test Pilot school instructor Maj. Phil Edwards, left, prepares Lt. David Ramsey, a U.S. Naval Test Pilot School student, for an exchange program training sortie. (P.; photo by 1st Lt. Cris L'Esperance).. |  | F.W. Hunter, Army test pilot, Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
test pilot | 21 |
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| Language | Translations for "test pilot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | летец-изпитател. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | koelentäjä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Testpilot. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πιλότοσ δοκιμών. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | berepülõ pilóta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | テキスト終結 (end of text, rough texture, technetium, technetronic, technical, technical center, technical foul, technical knockout, technical point, technical term, technician, Technicolor, technics, technique, techno cut, techno lady, techno mart, techno sound, technocracy, technocrat, technoeconomics, technologies, technology, technology art, technology assessment, technology gap, technology transfer, technomist, technonationalism, technopeasant, technophobia, technopolis, techno-pop, techno-science, techno-stress, technostructure, teddy, teddy bear, Tektronics, tenant, tennis, tennis court, tennis elbow, tennis-wear, tenor, tenor sax, test, test campaign, test case, test driver, test marketing, test pattern, test rider, testament, tester, testing, test-mail, testosterone, test-set, Tetoron, tetrachloroethylene, tetracycline, Tetrapack, Tetrapod, Tetris, tetrodotoxin, texture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | テストパイロット . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | stiureyder prowaltys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esttay ilotpay piloto de prova. (various references) летчик-испытатель. (various references) piloto de pruebas. (various references) deneme uçuşu pilotu. (various references) phi công lái máy bay bay thử. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: plottiest. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-o-p-s-t-t-t" | |
-1 letter: plotties, politest, pottiest, stiletto. | |
-2 letters: litotes, piolets, pistole, potties, pottles, spittle, spotlit, tiptoes, tittles, toilets. | |
-3 letters: lottes, pilose, pilots, piolet, pistol, poleis, polies, polite, potsie, pottle, sopite, spoilt, stipel, tiptoe, titles, tittle, toiles, toilet. | |
-4 letters: estop, islet, istle, lopes, lotte, pelts, pesto, petit, petti, petto, piles, pilot, piste, plies, plots, poets, poise, poles, polis, posit, slept, slipe, slipt, slope, solei, speil, spelt, spiel, spile, spilt, spite, split, spoil, stile, stilt, stipe, stole, stope, stopt, teloi, telos, tiles, tilts, title, toile, toils, toits, toles, topes, topis, totes. | |
-5 letters: epos, isle, leis, lept, lest, lets, lies, lipe, lips, lisp, list, lite, lits, lope, lops, lose, lost, loti, lots, oils, oles, opes, opts, pelt, peso, pest, pets, pies, pile, piso, pits, plie, plot, poet, pois, pole, pols, pose, post, pots, sept, sett, silo, silt, sipe, site, slip, slit, sloe, slop, slot, soil, sole, soli, spit, spot, step, stet, stop, tels, test, tets, ties, tile, tils, tilt, tips, tits, toes, toil, toit, tole, tope, topi, tops, tost, tote, tots. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-o-p-s-t-t-t" | |
+2 letters: toploftiest. | |
+3 letters: postliterate. | |
+4 letters: lithotripters. | |
+5 letters: potentialities, teleportations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 73 74 50 69 6C 6F 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01010000 01101001 01101100 01101111 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e s t   P i l o t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 0073 0074 0050 0069 006C 006F 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5471858625075788186 |
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