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flight engineer

flight engineer noun: a member of the flight crew in certain (mainly older) aircraft who monitors and operates many to most aircraft systems.

Noun

flight engineer (plural flight engineers)

  1. A member of the flight crew in certain (mainly older) aircraft who monitors and operates many to most aircraft systems.

Forms of flight engineer

pluralflight engineers

Questions about flight engineer

What does flight engineer mean?
Flight engineer means a member of the flight crew in certain (mainly older) aircraft who monitors and operates many to most aircraft systems.
What part of speech is flight engineer?
Flight engineer is a noun.
What is the plural of flight engineer?
The plural of flight engineer is flight engineers.

Words near flight engineer in the dictionary

  1. flight deck
  2. flight decks
  3. flight director
  4. flight directors
  5. flight dispatcher
  6. flight engineer
  7. flight engineers
  8. flight envelope
  9. flight envelopes
  10. flight feather
  11. flight feathers

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