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test pilot

NOUN
aircraft tester
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The Integratron collection captures the curious life of Van Tassel, an aviation mechanic and test pilot who claimed to have communicated with Solganda, a being from Venus.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

The agencies told him that Rush not only wasn’t an elite military test pilot, as he had claimed to the CIA, but he also held no pilot credentials at all.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Air Force colonel with more than 27 years of experience as an instructor pilot, fighter pilot, and test pilot.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

Parmitano was a test pilot for the Italian Air Force before becoming a colonel, and was selected as an ESA astronaut in 2009.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

Now he was Paul Tibbets stands in front of the Enola Gay on Tinian Island, August 6, 1945. back in the States working as a test pilot, helping engineers design the new B-29 bomber.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin



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