How to Use flight engineer in a Sentence

flight engineer

noun

• The jet comes with two crew, two pilots, and a flight engineer.
  — Antonia Windsor, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 June 2023
• This will be the first trip to space for Rubio, who will serve as a flight engineer on this mission.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 21 Sep. 2022
• The three pilots and two flight engineers worked on a rotation, taking breaks at a galley in the back of the plane.
  — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 13 July 2019
• For starters, the B-17 couldn’t take off on its own, so a pilot and flight engineer had to get the bomb airborne and then link up with the controlling bomber.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Jan. 2021
• Miller was the flight engineer on the bomber, based in Italy and making runs on targets in Germany and central Europe.
  — Mike Dunham, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2013
• The test crew consists of pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer, and an observer in the rear.
  — Wayne Whittaker, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2020
• The flight engineer Mitchell Melton, 34, of Dalhart, Texas, survived with injuries.
  — Author: Dave Collins, Susan Haigh, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2019
• Mario Braña, a flight engineer with 17 years of service, survived by his mother and daughter; Master Sgt.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 3 May 2018
• Despite its size, the plane carries a small crew: pilot, co-pilot, two flight engineers, and three loadmasters.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
• Five passengers and one flight engineer were injured, as well as an airport employee on the ground.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2019
• An encounter with enemy fighters puts guests in the role of pilots, gunners or flight engineers.
  — Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2019
• Fun fact: In addition to being a flight engineer, Feustel has also restored 1950s Jaguars.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2018
• But flight engineer Garrett, a recent hire, had forgotten to close the no. 3 engine firewall.
  — Eric Lindner, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2021
• The veteran astronaut is serving aboard the ISS on a six-month mission as a flight engineer for the Expedition 63/64 crew.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2021
• The Press Trust of India news agency said the fatalities included two pilots and two flight engineers on the aircraft.
  — Fox News, 28 June 2018
• Flying with a crew of six or seven: two pilots, two flight engineers, a load master, and one or two maintenance technicians.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 17 Dec. 2018
• Ben Grunwald, a retired Air Force flight engineer, said in an interview Wednesday.
  — Zaz Hollander, Alaska Dispatch News, 5 Oct. 2017
• The flight Thursday was a training mission that involved pilots, flight engineers and loadmasters.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2018
• Halvorsen lived up to his promise, getting other pilots to donate their candy rations and having his flight engineer rock the airplane during the drop.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 10 Oct. 2017
• The aircraft was later deemed unsafe for travel as it was overloaded, had two bad engines and the flight engineer was not qualified for his position.
  — Gus Martin, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2020
• Halvorsen lived up to his promise, asking other pilots to donate their candy rations and having his flight engineer rock the airplane during the drop.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
• While serving as a flight engineer, Williams went on four spacewalks, more than any other female astronaut, totaling about 29 hours.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2023
• She had been assigned to be a flight engineer for a 2018 expedition but was replaced by Serena Auñón-Chancellor.
  — Rachel Crane, CNN, 21 June 2019
• The lumbering cargo aircraft typically flies with a crew of seven Marines: three pilots, two crew masters, and two flight engineers.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2018
• Getty Images In the 1950s, commercial flights required five people on board to fly the plane: two pilots as well as a flight engineer, a radio operator, and a navigator.
  — Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2023
• The other crew members were a flight engineer and a co-pilot, all former employees of India’s national carrier.
  — Harish Pullanoor, Quartz, 13 Oct. 2021
• The older model C-130Hs have two additional crewmembers in the cockpit: a navigator and flight engineer.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2018
• Mazzolini served as a flight engineer on multi-engine aircraft during the Korean War.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 16 July 2021
• More Badass Planes Most aircraft do not need flight engineers to control engine power levels but managing the heavy engine levers is not practical at the same time as wrestling with the controls, which lack the power assistance of more recent rigs.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 17 Dec. 2018
• In 2015, Tabansky was a flight engineer instructor and flight platoon sergeant stationed in Germany when he was called to stage a new Chinook helicopter at a military expo in London.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 19 Oct 2024