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Conran, his co-pilot and flight engineer, and the Laos now joined the men from Silva’s CH-3E, roughly doubling the number of defenders.
—Barry Barnett, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2024
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, a flight engineer on Expedition 43, wrote on social media in 2015, when astronauts saw a solar eclipse that passed over parts of Europe and the North Atlantic.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
Despite the focus on certain statements from airlines about diversity, DEI programs have not led to drastic changes in airline employee diversity: About 92% of pilots and flight engineers are white and 92% are men, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2024
Glover, who also served as a flight engineer above the space station for Expedition 64, will be the first Black astronaut ever to be sent on a lunar mission.
—Ariana Garcia, Chron, 3 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1938, in the meaning defined above
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“Flight engineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20engineer. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
flight engineer
noun
: a crew member of an airplane responsible for mechanical operation
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