"test pilot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: test pilots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} test pilot (plural test pilots)
  1. (aviation) An aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers. Wikipedia link: test pilot Categories (topical): Aviation, Occupations, People Related terms: test-fly Translations (aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers): testpilot [common-gender] (Danish), testflyver [common-gender] (Danish), koelentäjä (Finnish), berepülőpilóta (Hungarian), testflyger [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), testflyver [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), testpilot [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), testflygar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pilot de încercare [masculine] (Romanian), лётчик-испыта́тель (ljótčik-ispytátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), piloto de prueba [masculine] (Spanish), testpilot [common-gender] (Swedish), provflygare [common-gender] (Swedish), льо́тчик-випро́бувач (lʹótčyk-vypróbuvač) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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