pilots (noun)

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• test pilot — noun a pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them • Hypernyms: ↑pilot, ↑airplane pilot * * * noun, pl ⋯ lots [count] : a pilot who flies new aircraft in order to see how well they work * * * ˈtest pilot… …   Useful english dictionary

• Australian Flying Corps — noun a military flying organisation, formed in 1912, which operated in World War I as part of the AIF; absorbed into the RAAF when it was created in 1921. Abbrev.: AFC Australia was the only British dominion to establish its own flying corps for… …  

• air show — noun : an exhibition of aircraft and aviation skills * * * air show UK US noun [countable] [singular air show plural air shows] an event at which people watch planes fly and perform impressive movements in the sky …   Useful english dictionary

• flight crew — noun see crew II * * * flight crew noun The members of an aircraft crew whose responsibility is operation and navigation • • • Main Entry: ↑flight * * * flight crew UK US noun [countable] [singular …   Useful english dictionary

• pilot — noun 1》 a person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft. 2》 a person with expert local knowledge qualified to take charge of a ship entering or leaving a harbour.     ↘archaic a guide or leader. 3》 [often as modifier] something done or… …   English new terms dictionary

• air traffic controller — noun (C) someone at an airport who gives instructions to pilots by radio air traffic control noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• flight simulator — noun simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane • Syn: ↑trainer • Hypernyms: ↑simulator • Hyponyms: ↑Link trainer * * * ˈflight simulator [flight simulator …   Useful english dictionary

• Geiger tube — noun an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑Geiger Muller tube • Hypernyms: ↑ionization chamber, ↑ionization tube • Part Holonyms: ↑Geiger counter, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Geiger-Muller tube — noun an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter • Syn: ↑Geiger tube • Hypernyms: ↑ionization chamber, ↑ionization tube • Part Holonyms: ↑Geiger counter, ↑Geiger Muller counter * * …   Useful english dictionary

• hyperbaric chamber — noun a large chamber in which the oxygen pressure is above normal for the atmosphere; used in treating breathing disorders or carbon monoxide poisoning • Hypernyms: ↑chamber * * * a steel vessel in which atmospheric pressure can be raised or… …   Useful english dictionary

• radio beam — noun a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather • Syn: ↑beam • Derivationally related forms: ↑beam (for: ↑beam) • Hypernyms: ↑signal, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary