as in pilot
one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft
the solo flight from New York to Paris by the aviator Charles Lindbergh captured the imagination of people around the world
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Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.
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Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
So for the fall, creative director Émilie Arnault drew inspiration on a person who spent his life between both: French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 12 Mar. 2025
His service to the country continued, eventually logging over 5,000 hours as a U.S. naval aviator and test pilot.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025
The feminist aviator who made the first accredited solo flight by a woman in the U.S.
These were just some of the historic women whose gravesites were featured in a new tour at the Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary in Santa Ana.
—Allyson Vergara, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
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Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
So for the fall, creative director Émilie Arnault drew inspiration on a person who spent his life between both: French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 12 Mar. 2025
His service to the country continued, eventually logging over 5,000 hours as a U.S. naval aviator and test pilot.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025
The feminist aviator who made the first accredited solo flight by a woman in the U.S.
These were just some of the historic women whose gravesites were featured in a new tour at the Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary in Santa Ana.
—Allyson Vergara, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Aviator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aviator. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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