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hangar pilots

hangar pilots is the plural of hangar pilot.

Meaning of hangar pilot

Noun

hangar pilot (plural hangar pilots)

  1. (informal) Someone who discusses or fantasizes about flying airplanes but does little or no actual flying.
    • His greatest horror would be to become a hangar pilot, who only talks flying, or a pilot with dishpan hands - the little homebody.1945, Fred Hamann, “Diction-Air For Paddlefeets”, in Boeing Magazine, volume 15, number 1, page 13

Questions about hangar pilots

What is hangar pilots the plural of?
Hangar pilots is the plural of hangar pilot.

Words near hangar pilots in the dictionary

  1. hangability
  2. hangable
  3. hangar
  4. hangar flying
  5. hangar pilot
  6. hangar pilots
  7. hangar queen
  8. hangar queens
  9. hangar rash
  10. hangar rat
  11. hangar rats

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