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  • noun a relief pilot on an airplane

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Examples

  • When I was in Washington DC this summer, I left flowers for Commander Scobee and his co-pilot, Mike Smith, on their graves at Arlington National Cemetery and left a matching white rose for Ron McNair at the building named in his honor at MIT when I was there for the Zero Robotics championship.

    Zoe P. Strassfield: Flying for Me Zoe P. Strassfield 2012

  • When I was in Washington DC this summer, I left flowers for Commander Scobee and his co-pilot, Mike Smith, on their graves at Arlington National Cemetery and left a matching white rose for Ron McNair at the building named in his honor at MIT when I was there for the Zero Robotics championship.

    Zoe P. Strassfield: Flying for Me Zoe P. Strassfield 2012

  • If Lapidus went, too, there must be a really surprised co-pilot somewhere who thinks, perhaps, that the rapture happened and he was Left Behind.

    Going to Guam : Bev Vincent 2009

  • Sitting beside him was the other co-pilot, David Robert.

    How Panic Doomed Air France Flight 447 2011

  • The accident, which killed both pilots, occurred after the co-pilot, who at that point was flying the plane by himself, couldn't see well enough to determine the plane's heading or altitude.

    U.S. Safety Board to Assist Asiana Crash Probe Andy Pasztor 2011

  • Upon reaching altitude, the co-pilot pulled out a map book and started rummaging through it.

    Glimpses: Billings, Mont., October 2002 Kym McNicholas 2011

  • But the pilot and co-pilot were confident we were safe, despite the conditions.

    Glimpses: Billings, Mont., October 2002 Kym McNicholas 2011

  • I'm driving PV to Chapala Monday without a co-pilot.

    Guadalajara Periferico 2009

  • I heard pilot ask his co-pilot, "Are you sure we're headed right?"

    Glimpses: Billings, Mont., October 2002 Kym McNicholas 2011

  • The aircraft commander, co-pilot and navigator were trained "hastily, haphazardly and in violation of the respective training regulations," the 328-page report said.

    Poland Faults Its Pilots in Crash, but Implicates Russia Marcin Sobczyk 2011

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