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flyboys

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plural of flyboy

as in pilots

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Seats designed for impact ANH Structure will design, develop, certify and manufacture a common seating platform for Valo’s pilots, observers and passengers.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The capacity of remote pilots to steer mid- and long-range drones varies.

— Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

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As Earth faces an overwhelming alien threat, these young aviators are thrown into relentless combat that tests their loyalty, courage and faith in one another.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Two years later Norwegian polar explorer and zoologist Fritjof Nansen wore Burberry gabardine on his expedition to cross the Arctic Ocean, and the fabric became popular among other polar explorers and aviators who wore it on their missions.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026

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The United States has more than 50,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines stationed throughout Japan, including on several bases in Okinawa, an island chain in the south.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
As well, even recognition of the historic accomplishments of minority individuals, such as the Tuskegee airmen, would be removed.

— Richard Davis, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

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