test pilot
noun
: a pilot who specializes in putting new or experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them (as for strength) by producing strains in excess of normal
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Just a few weeks ago, the former Air Force test pilot became the oldest person in space.
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Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2024
They are set to join a small club of astronaut test pilots who have hands-on experience piloting a new type of spacecraft in orbit for the first time.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 6 May 2024
Both former Navy test pilots, Wilmore and Williams are among NASA's most experienced astronauts with four flights, 11 spacewalks and 500 days in space between them.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 1 June 2024
Both are Navy test pilots who have flown in space twice, according to Florida Today, a USA TODAY Network publication.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
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Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2024
They are set to join a small club of astronaut test pilots who have hands-on experience piloting a new type of spacecraft in orbit for the first time.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 6 May 2024
Both former Navy test pilots, Wilmore and Williams are among NASA's most experienced astronauts with four flights, 11 spacewalks and 500 days in space between them.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 1 June 2024
Both are Navy test pilots who have flown in space twice, according to Florida Today, a USA TODAY Network publication.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
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“Test pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/test%20pilot. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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