"flight engineer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flight engineers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flight engineer (plural flight engineers)
  1. (aviation) A member of the flight crew in certain (mainly older) aircraft who monitors and operates many to most aircraft systems. Translations (member of the flight crew in aircraft): innealtóir eitilte [masculine] (Irish), färdmekaniker [common-gender] (Swedish)

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