flight engineer

noun

: a flight crewman responsible for mechanical operation

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Earhart and flight engineer Fred Noonan disappeared 89 years ago during an attempt to fly across the world. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Glover spent 168 days in orbit on that stint, serving as flight engineer for Expeditions 64 and 65, and completed four spacewalks. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Expedition 75 flight engineer Sophie Adenot with European Space Agency (ESA) donned the Delta badge originally worn by actor Anson Mount for a video recorded from aboard the space station. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers experienced the largest decline in fatal injury rates from 2014 to 2024, according to the analysis. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flight engineer

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First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of flight engineer was in 1938

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flight engineer

noun
: a crew member of an airplane responsible for mechanical operation
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