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Recent Examples of flyboy
This Korean War flyboy drama was largely passed over at TIFF, but an Audience Award at the Middleburg Film Festival put it back on pundits’ radars.
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Vulture, 18 Nov. 2022
Brawn and brains, flyboy and nerd, working together to take out the baddies.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2010
Starring Jonathan Majors as Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in Navy history, and Powell as his flyboy friend Tom Hudner, Devotion, based on the bestselling book of the same name, opened with $9 million over the holiday weekend.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2022
So with all that, why the optimism now for Tom Cruise’s flyboy movie?
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
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Vulture, 18 Nov. 2022
Brawn and brains, flyboy and nerd, working together to take out the baddies.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2010
Starring Jonathan Majors as Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in Navy history, and Powell as his flyboy friend Tom Hudner, Devotion, based on the bestselling book of the same name, opened with $9 million over the holiday weekend.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2022
So with all that, why the optimism now for Tom Cruise’s flyboy movie?
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flyboy
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After all, the implications of a sophisticated A.I. system acting as copilot raise serious questions—such as, will it second-guess or even stop the human pilot from flying if the computer perceives an imminent emergency, which may or may not exist?—
Daniel Cote,
Robb Report,
16 Feb. 2025
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All six people aboard the plane − a pilot and copilot, two medical personnel, a patient and her mother − died in the crash, authorities said.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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William joined the Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry before pursuing an aerial career, first as a Search and Rescue pilot at RAF Anglesey in Wales and later as an Air Ambulance Pilot with East Anglian Air Ambulance near Norfolk.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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That’s why the company’s focus in the coming decade is on producing and scaling the best AI pilot through its software platform that enables its partners to deploy their own specialized vehicles and machines.—
Natallie Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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The first people selected to train for space flight were U.S. Navy test pilots, like Alan Shepard, the first American to go to space (May 5, 1961), and the second person after Yuri Gagarin (April 12, 1961).—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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The test pilots were to originally spend eight days aboard the ISS in June, but this grew to eight months after NASA decided to bring Boeing's faulty Starliner capsule back to Earth without a crew in September.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
19 Dec. 2024
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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.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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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
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Among those killed were three airmen from the Mountain Home Air Force base: Senior Airman Carlos V. Johnson, 23; Senior Airman Lawrence P. Manlapit III, 26; and Senior Airman Karlie A. Westall, 21.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Mar. 2025
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Guardian is the military's term for a member of the Space Force, comparable to airmen, sailors, soldiers, and marines.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Flyboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flyboy. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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