In aviation, the person (a certified pilot with valid medical and flight review) who rides shotgun in the plane looking for traffic while the primary pilot is under the hood, primarily to reduce the cost of accruing simulated instrument time or maintaining instrument currency. Even though a safety pilot can log time just looking for traffic and not flying the plane, etiquette dictates that a safety pilot get the opportunity to switch roles occasionally, get a free $100 hamburger at the local eatery on or near the airport, or some other legal quid pro quo outcome.
Dude, would you consider being my safety pilot? I need to get some more hood time.
A "Princess Pilot" is a term used in aviation slang to describe a pilot who prefers to fly only in ideal weather conditions (VFR, clear skies) and typically operates high-performance, modern, and well-equipped aircraft—often featuring glass cockpits, autopilot, and cruise speeds above 140 knots. This pilot tends to avoid challenging conditions such as turbulence, IMC, or older, less luxurious aircraft.
The term can imply a degree of selectiveness, inexperience, or aversion to adversity, and is sometimes used with a humorous or lightly critical tone within pilot communities.
Dillon C. is a Princess Pilot who will only fly on very clear days.
Someone who is very similar to Tristern Mccan
He's so silly, he's such a crappy pilot.
KId: "Bobby Show Pilot is AMAZING! I love his whole channel!"
A posh term for a gamer who plays video games that at least roughly fall into the flight simulation category. These games include X-Plane, Il-2 Sturmovik, Rise of Flight, Aces High 2, DCS: A-10C Warthog, Battlefield 4 and War Thunder. Virtual pilots who mostly play war oriented games often join a clan (labeled in the scene as "squad", "jagdgeschwader" etc) and subscribe to some form of fascist or spartan ideology.
Jack: I finally managed to take off and land without crashing. I'm a virtual pilot now!
Manual transmission shitbox car or someone who drives one, usually a common compact vehicle like a hot hatch, generic enough to to be disposable but fast enough to get easily killed driving at high speed.
There go's another shitbox fighter pilot in a golf GTI, living on borrowed time in a world that despises thim. Live your best life little buddy.
An activity planned as a test or trial. A trial, run, test. The act of testing something.
Synonyms: Trial, model, test, sample, or experiment.
Our Dual Sports program was established as a ‘Pilot Project.