A person who operates the flying controls of a helicopter.
a professionally qualified helicopter pilot
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Some heroic stunts were accomplished, including some great flying by helicopter pilots.
The helicopter-pilot flies her over fields, forests and mountaintops, and she has become "completely enamored by the sheer abstract beauty of the aerial landscape".
The helicopter pilot hovers close above the school.
The helicopter pilot took what can only be described as very drastic evasive action.
Our helicopter pilot steers sideways between two mountain peaks some 8,000 feet from the ground.
The helicopter pilot sights the circling white gulls and frigate birds first, then the sudden high, arching leaps from a large group of spotted dolphins below.
The helicopter pilots are concerned about minimizing their impact on the people below.
"I wanted to be a helicopter pilot," Justin adds.
She's the first black woman to become a combat helicopter pilot in department's history.
The officers tried to contact the helicopter pilot, but the helicopter landed on a public street and the pilot entered a residence.