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A relief pilot on an airplane
Answer for the clue "A relief pilot on an airplane ", 7 letters:
copilot
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Word definitions for copilot in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1927, from co- + pilot (n.).
Usage examples of copilot.
The copilot watched the red and green graphics as the computer fed Stonecypher cardiotonic drugs, mechanically seeking to stave off irreversible shock.
The good old copilot was coming back and putting his butt down in the seat when the guy hits the trigger and scared the life out of him.
The Beechcraft also had an autopilot so that the pilot could come back and shut the door after a jump, eliminating the necessity of a jumpmaster or copilot.
Mira Amelia was his technical specialist, and Kellie Collier was copilot.
While Dunlop, the copilot, monitored the GPS and checked that the Sikorsky remained over water, Tibbits gripped the collective, looking for sudden obstacles and keeping his eye on the radar altimeter.
With the copilot still fastening straps around the caskets, the pilot flipped switches in the cockpit and the whine of engines began.
The copilot accompanied them, releasing the cargo straps, then one by one the caskets were unloaded and carried into the small hut.
They had their own contingent of constables guarding their ship and its crew of two, and Kanow looked at his copilot, a young woman named Ulorna.
Sandler had insisted the ship be fully crewed with pilot, copilot, and all three techs.
He and his copilot would be carrying only about a hundred passengers, the last group of evacuees, on the return flight.
Scott looked over at the copilot, who nodded and pulled his large hands away from the yoke as the Boeing bounced its way through the roiling air currents.
The frantic pilot put his violently bucking plane into a turn toward the Alaskan islands at the same time his copilot instinctively shouted a Mayday over the radio.
Blanchard had been in the reconnaissance business for twelve years, mostly as pilot or copilot flying EC- and RC- 135 aircraft for the Strategic Air Command-this was only her second tour as recce section commander-and she had been dismayed at the new emphasis on space-based reconnaissance systems, or "gadgets" as she called them.
Patrice Adcock (see backgrounder file) hired him as copilot on her mission to Starlab.
Scott was aware of Doc on his right as the big copilot leaned to the left to hear the answer.