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Barnstormer

Barnstormer \Barn"storm`er\, n. [Barn + storm, v.]

  1. An itinerant theatrical player who plays in barns when a theatre is lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities. -- Barn"storm`ing, n. [Theatrical Cant]

  2. an aviator who flies an airplane from place to place, usually at small airports, doing flying stunts or flying passengers for sightseeing, for the purpose of earning money. It was a practise common in the early days of aviation, but by late 20th century was seldom encountered.

Wiktionary
barnstormer

n. one who barnstorms; one whose profession is barnstorming

WordNet
barnstormer
  1. n. an actor who travels around the country presenting plays [syn: playactor, play-actor, trouper]

  2. a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting [syn: stunt flier, stunt pilot]

Wikipedia
Barnstormer

Barnstormer may refer to:

  • Barnstormer (band) - punk rock band formed in 1994, led by Attila the Stockbroker
  • Barnstorming - to stage an impromptu paying aerial show of aerobatics, etc.
  • Fisher Barnstormer - ultralight aircraft
  • Barnstormer (ride) - attraction at Dollywood
Barnstormer (ride)

This article is about the ride at Dollywood. For the junior coaster at Walt Disney World, see The Barnstormer. Barnstormer is a thrill ride at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN. It is located in Owen's Farm section of the park. It opened on March 28, 2011. It cost $5.5 million and is Dollywood's first S&S Worldwide amusement ride.

The ride was made famous in June 2012 by a viral YouTube video of a father and daughter riding twice. The video was featured on national media outlets including the Huffington Post.

Usage examples of "barnstormer".

Bendodi Ballow-Reese, the oldest member of ExGal-4 at fifty-three, but a former barnstormer search-and-destroy agent with the Rebel Alliance, guarding the right.

I'm looking for someone who does, right now, for my band Bob Bailey's Barnstormers.

Stood all I could of a two-bit, white-collar job before I organized the Barnstormers.

I'm looking for someone who does, right now, for my band -- Bob Bailey's Barnstormers.

Laws that prevented all-star squads of colored barnstormers from showing up in small Alabama and Georgia towns and challenging the local white heroes, something they did profitably in Wyoming, say, or Kansas.

We rode out to it in the Bomber, dressed out in our flannels, more anxious than we’d admit about taking on these Negro barnstormers in front of a hopped-up crowd of colored GIs.

Mister JayMac said no team named Dominican Touristers could be a home team, barnstormers were visitors by definition, and Camp Penticuff lay within hailing distance of Highbridge.

He was the offspring of a proud, daring breed: last of the barnstormers, the stunt fliers and the seat-of-the-pants winged daredevils.

The Jenny was the favorite of most barnstormers, and I was no exception.