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Notably, the two test pilots for the inaugural crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft — NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — were once again left behind for the simple reason that they were not assigned to that specific spacecraft.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft touched down on Earth early Saturday morning, with two test pilots left behind in space until next year over NASA's concerns that their return was too risky.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024
In movies the test pilot kicks the tires and goes, that whole romantic Chuck Yeager thing.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
Boeing launched its first crew for NASA in June, but the Starliner capsule encountered so many problems that the two test pilots ended up stuck at the space station.
—Marcia Dunn, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft touched down on Earth early Saturday morning, with two test pilots left behind in space until next year over NASA's concerns that their return was too risky.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024
In movies the test pilot kicks the tires and goes, that whole romantic Chuck Yeager thing.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
Boeing launched its first crew for NASA in June, but the Starliner capsule encountered so many problems that the two test pilots ended up stuck at the space station.
—Marcia Dunn, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for test pilot
Noun
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In fact, the creek's orange color was what led a bush pilot to report the likelihood of valuable minerals there in the 1960s.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
1 Jan. 2024
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It was designed with the help of Alaskan bush pilot Tommy Thompson in 1952.—
Matthew Every,
Field & Stream,
4 Jan. 2024
Noun
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The National Transportation Safety Board said on Saturday that the pilot of the American Airlines plane that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter earlier this week may have witnessed the incoming danger and tried to move the plane upward to avoid the crash.—
Zach LaChance,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
2 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Georgia, who was the crew chief, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Maryland, who was a pilot.—
Lolita C. Baldor,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Here's who is eligible, how to file Air ambulance passengers, flight crew identified While Philadelphia recovers, the families of the six people aboard the plane − a pilot and copilot, two medical personnel, a patient and her mother −mourn.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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The company said there were four crew members and two passengers on the plane at the time – a pilot, copilot, physician, paramedic, pediatric patient and her mother.—
Anders Hagstrom,
Fox News,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The heavy lifting apparently was performed during the deal of ace Garrett Crochet to Boston for four prospects, which could pay off in the long run, unlike the deal of Chris Sale to Boston that started the last Sox rebuild in ’16.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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The Atlanta Braves struggled with pitching depth during the 2024 season largely due to the season-ending injury suffered by ace Spencer Strider.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Feb. 2025
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