test pilot
noun
: a pilot who specializes in putting new or experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them (as for strength) by producing strains in excess of normal
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The fighter jet was flown by a Royal Navy F-35B test pilot from the UK’s Air & Space Warfare Center.
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
On this flight, test pilot Matt Diamond in the left seat beside me is not controlling the airplane at all.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
Chandler’s Hal Jordan is a former test pilot nearing retirement from the Green Lantern Corps.
—ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
As almost all the Mercury and Gemini astronauts were test pilots before being selected for interstellar service, Cooper knew them personally.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
On this flight, test pilot Matt Diamond in the left seat beside me is not controlling the airplane at all.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
Chandler’s Hal Jordan is a former test pilot nearing retirement from the Green Lantern Corps.
—ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
As almost all the Mercury and Gemini astronauts were test pilots before being selected for interstellar service, Cooper knew them personally.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Test pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/test%20pilot. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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