airmanship
noun
air·man·ship
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Definition of airmanship
: skill in piloting or navigating aircraft
Examples of airmanship in a Sentence
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Joining Wingfoot One at the air show will be aerobatic champion Michael Goulian, who will perform exercises in precision airmanship. — Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, "Goodyear's Wingfoot One to fly Tampa Bay AirFest (video)," 10 May 2018 As the trip with Bell demonstrates, the current air traffic control system is founded on the airmanship of pilots and communication with those who monitor controlled airspace. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "Dallas Flyers Club: What Uber's Flying Taxi Future Feels Like," 2 May 2018 The smallest lapse of focus or error in airmanship by the intercepting aircrew can have disastrous consequences. — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, "From several angles, a new look at how a Russian jet buzzed a Navy aircraft," 31 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'airmanship.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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