experienced pilot

collocation in English

meaningsofexperiencedandpilot

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experienced
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈspɪə.ri.ənst/us
/ɪkˈspɪə.ri.ənst/
having skill or knowledge because you have done something ...
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pilot
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpaɪ.lət/us
/ˈpaɪ.lət/
a person who flies ...
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(Definition ofexperiencedandpilotfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexperienced pilot

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It was 11.30 that was important, when thisexperiencedpilotwas circling the aerodrome.
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They always have anexperiencedpilotwith them, and they are never blindfold.
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I am informed that it is not an easy machine to fly and that it requires the skill of anexperiencedpilot.
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That was the view of a veryexperiencedpilotwho had 5,000 to 6,000 hours of flying.
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Without this constant practice, it would be impossible for even the mostexperiencedpilotto maintain the high level of proficiency required.
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Surely a very widelyexperiencedpilotmust be able to make a most valuable contribution to the deliberations of this body.
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Does he agree that when a pilot is not familiar with an airport, or even, as in this case, when anexperiencedpilotis familiar with it, mistakes can occur?
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Eastwood is anexperiencedpilot, and sometimes flies his own helicopter to the studio to avoid traffic.
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Lutz was an extremelyexperiencedpilotwith more than 19,500 flight hours approximately 19,300 of which were as pilot in command.
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A pressure suit is customarily required at around 15,000 m for a well conditioned andexperiencedpilot to safely operate an aircraft in unpressurized cabins.
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The captain was a veryexperiencedpilot, having logged approximately 12,400 total flight hoursroughly 4,850 of which were accumulated flying 747s.
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Gilmour is anexperiencedpilotand aviation enthusiast.
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Though difficult to handle, to anexperiencedpilotit provided unmatched manoeuvrability.
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Contemporaries were surprised at a crash from anexperiencedpilot.
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In the hands of anexperiencedpilot, this characteristic could be exploited to give exceptional manoeuvrability in a dogfight.
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He was anexperiencedpilotwith almost 8,000 hours of flight time.
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It is wise to talk to anexperiencedpilotfrom one of the airlines to understand the issues.
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In the hands of anexperiencedpilot, its manoeuvrability was unmatched by any contemporary type.
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The captain was a relativelyexperiencedpilotwith 3,300 total flight hours.
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Knowledge of combat proves an effective tool, as a veteran pilot flying mediocre equipment will often defeat a lessexperiencedpilotusing superior equipment, by virtue of tactics alone.
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