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n. (context dated English) a military aviator who had shot down many enemy aircraft
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A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more. The few aces among combat aviators have historically accounted for the majority of air-to-air victories in military history.
Flying Ace or Fighter Ace may refer to:
- Flying ace, a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft
- Flying Aces (magazine)
- Fighter Ace (video game)
- The Flying Ace, 1926 movie
Usage examples of "flying ace".
Flash Flying Ace glider, with holes carefully burned through its body and wings with a hot wire or rod.
The other chopper whipped past the shell, dangerously close, then banked and came around until it was hovering precisely in front of the flying ace.
With his reputation as a flying ace, he was just the kind of pilot they wanted to eliminate, and she knew they would do everything they could to shoot him down.
Youthful flying ace that he was fast becoming, he had liked to think the sky as his property-even though Neasian and other military pilots might have argued the claim-and suddenly in that same sky he had glimpsed a power that surpassed all.
This is the guy who thinks Eddie Cochran was a World War I flying ace.