Examples from literature

• The welcome absence of wind gave our airmen a chance of which they took full advantage by gathering much information. 
• The work of the British airmen during the battle was one of the brightest pages. 
• There seems to be no end to the dangers which beset submarine-sailors and airmen. 
• This initial volume tells how the hero ran away from his miserly guardian, fell in with a successful airman, and became a young aviator of note. 
• When the airman took another leap towards earth, her heart stopped beating altogether.