| aviator | | |
| n. (person) | 1. aeronaut, airman, aviator, flier, flyer | someone who operates an aircraft. |
| ~ airwoman, aviatress, aviatrix | a woman aviator. |
| ~ airplane pilot, pilot | someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight. |
| ~ skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker | a worker who has acquired special skills. |
| ~ bennett, floyd bennett | United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928). |
| ~ bleriot, louis bleriot | French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936). |
| ~ cochran, jacqueline cochran | United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980). |
| ~ doolittle, james harold doolittle, jimmy doolittle | United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993). |
| ~ amelia earhart, earhart | first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937). |
| ~ howard hughes, howard robard hughes, hughes | United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976). |
| ~ charles a. lindbergh, charles augustus lindbergh, charles lindbergh, lindbergh, lucky lindy | United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974). |
| ~ billy mitchell, william mitchell, mitchell | United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936). |
| ~ wiley post, post | United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935). |
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