test pilot
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An engineer by training and a former test pilot, Adenot became in February the second Frenchwoman in history to fly into space, after pioneer Claudie Haignere.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Airbus chief test pilot Malcolm Ridley says it has taken a relatively modest engineering change to adapt the aircraft for ultra-long-haul flights.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 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
My sister’s husband was a pilot also, but he was a test pilot.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
