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box man

box man noun: the pilot flying behind the leader in a box formation.

Noun

box man (plural box men)

  1. The pilot flying behind the leader in a box formation.
    • […] there have been an uncomfortably large number of incidents where a leader has flown his whole team into the ground. […] It had happened in the Luftwaffe with an F104 team, and many years later I saw it happen to the box man in the French Fouga Magister team at the Paris Air Show.2010, Tony Doyle, Flying at the Edge

Forms of box man

pluralbox men

Questions about box man

What does box man mean?
Box man means the pilot flying behind the leader in a box formation.
What part of speech is box man?
Box man is a noun.
What is the plural of box man?
The plural of box man is box men.

Words near box man in the dictionary

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  2. box level
  3. box levels
  4. box lunch
  5. box lunches
  6. box man
  7. box meal
  8. box meals
  9. box men
  10. box model
  11. box models

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