flight engineer
noun
: a flight crewman responsible for mechanical operation
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web But Echazarreta, who has worked as a flight engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, talked about the mission during a message broadcast by the Blue Origin space tourism company shortly before launch. 
Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2022 Halvorsen lived up to his promise, asking other pilots to donate their candy rations and having his flight engineer rock the airplane during the drop. David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022 In 2015, Tabansky was a flight engineer instructor and flight platoon sergeant stationed in Germany when he was called to stage a new Chinook helicopter at a military expo in London. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2021 The other crew members were a flight engineer and a co-pilot, all former employees of India’s national carrier. Harish Pullanoor, Quartz, 13 Oct. 2021 Rubins is one of the five NASA crew members currently aboard the International Space Station, after arriving in October for a six-month mission as a flight engineer. Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2020 The normal 11-man crew consists of a pilot, copilot, meteorologist, two navigators, two radar officers, flight engineer, crew chief and two radiomen. Aubrey O. Cookman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2021 But flight engineer Garrett, a recent hire, had forgotten to close the no. 3 engine firewall. Eric Lindner, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2021 Joining the globe-trotting billionaire aboard Unity were pilots David Mackay and Michael Masucci, along with Virgin astronaut trainer Beth Moses, flight engineer Colin Bennett and Sirisha Bandla, the company's vice president of government relations. William Harwood, CBS News, 12 July 2021 See More
Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2022 Halvorsen lived up to his promise, asking other pilots to donate their candy rations and having his flight engineer rock the airplane during the drop. David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022 In 2015, Tabansky was a flight engineer instructor and flight platoon sergeant stationed in Germany when he was called to stage a new Chinook helicopter at a military expo in London. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2021 The other crew members were a flight engineer and a co-pilot, all former employees of India’s national carrier. Harish Pullanoor, Quartz, 13 Oct. 2021 Rubins is one of the five NASA crew members currently aboard the International Space Station, after arriving in October for a six-month mission as a flight engineer. Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2020 The normal 11-man crew consists of a pilot, copilot, meteorologist, two navigators, two radar officers, flight engineer, crew chief and two radiomen. Aubrey O. Cookman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2021 But flight engineer Garrett, a recent hire, had forgotten to close the no. 3 engine firewall. Eric Lindner, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2021 Joining the globe-trotting billionaire aboard Unity were pilots David Mackay and Michael Masucci, along with Virgin astronaut trainer Beth Moses, flight engineer Colin Bennett and Sirisha Bandla, the company's vice president of government relations. William Harwood, CBS News, 12 July 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1938, in the meaning defined above