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It was designed with the help of Alaskan bush pilot Tommy Thompson in 1952.
—Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
In fact, the creek's orange color was what led a bush pilot to report the likelihood of valuable minerals there in the 1960s.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
West with the Night by Beryl Markham (1942) Markham, who grew up in the Kenyan Rift Valley hunting with spears and training horses, became one of West Africa's greatest bush pilots.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 26 Aug. 2023
Thankfully, Cuddy was a bush pilot.
—Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2022
Within days she’s secured a corner office, has a one-night stand with a local bush pilot and starts to unravel the mystery that has stymied her new colleagues for years.
—Neal Justin, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Oct. 2022
So to be told there were two more hours in a horrifyingly small Cessna and there wouldn’t even be much to see aside from the occasional side-eye at my handsome bush pilot?
—Todd Plummer, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2023
Duke Marolf, a 38-year-old marine welder and bush pilot in Seward, Alaska, also heard the Yeti tales.
—John Clarke, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
Joshua Seagrave, 46, moved to Palmer with his partner, Jen, in January to start a new career as a bush pilot, friends and family said last month.
—Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Dec. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1936, in the meaning defined above
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“Bush pilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bush%20pilot. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
bush pilot
noun
: a pilot who flies a small plane over remote or lightly settled country where commercial airlines do not go
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