THESAURUS
test pilot
aeronaut, aeroplaner, aeroplanist, air pilot, airplanist, analyst, analyzer, assayer, astronaut, aviator, barnstormer, birdman, captain, cloud seeder, commercial pilot, copilot, crop-duster, essayer, experimenter, flier, instructor, jet jockey, licensed pilot, pilot, rainmaker, research worker, researcher, stunt flier, stunt man, test driver, tester, tryer-out, wingman
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test pilot
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sailor, mariner, navigator, seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, dock walloper, tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A, B, man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy, skipper, shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman, bargee, gondolier, oar, oarsman, rower, boatswain, cockswain, coxswain, steersman, pilot, crew, aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus, aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot,
test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew, astronaut, cosmonaut, parachutist, paratrooper.