fighter pilot

collocation in English

meaningsoffighterandpilot

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fighter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfaɪ.tər/us
/ˈfaɪ.t̬ɚ/
someone who fights in a battle or in a physical fight against ...
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pilot
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpaɪ.lət/us
/ˈpaɪ.lət/
A pilot plan, product, or system is used to test how good something is before ...
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(Definition offighterandpilotfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffighter pilot

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He was considered one of the top aviators between the wars, serving as afighterpilot, test pilot, and flying instructor.
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I was speaking to my then brother-in-law, who was an outstandingfighterpilot.
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I understand, again from the latest information available, that it costs £45,000 to train a bomber or afighterpilot.
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It takes two and a half years to recruit and train afighterpilot.
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We can give afighterpilotthe best aircraft.
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He had ambitions to serve his country as afighterpilot, but he was turned down because he had a cardiac problem.
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When he went to war for a second time, in this war, he had no medal to mark that he had been a nightfighterpilotin the last war.
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In my battalion, for the first nine months of the war, we had an adjutant who was afighterpilotat the end of the last war.
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And, indeed, it is difficult for officers and men flying only part-time to maintain such a state of fitness and efficiency as is needed for afighterpilot.
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This estimate included some £15,000 for his training as a jetfighterpilotand £70,000 for the cost of subsequent operational flying: the remaining sum covers pay, allowances, etc.
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Clearly afighterpilotis more vulnerable, for instance, to the element of danger than a mechanic maintaining the machine on the ground or the administrative staff at the airfield.
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For example, some time ago it was mentioned that we had to find three or four times as much to train onefighterpilotthan this total cost of £30,000.
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Naumann credit his father with inspiring him to become afighterpilot.
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However, when he grows up and becomes afighterpilot, the words take on an entirely different meaning.
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After recovery from his wound, he trained as a single-seaterfighterpilot.
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However, he applied for training as afighterpilot.
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Schuck was the onlyfighterpilotso honored on this day.
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He enlisted to the pilot training course where he was trained as afighterpilot.
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