air crew
Pilots and attendants
Air crew refers to the personnel who operate an aircraft in flight—pilots, copilots, navigators, flight engineers, and flight attendants.
Distinguished from ground crew, who service aircraft but don't fly.
The air crew prepared for the transatlantic flight.
Also spelled as one word: aircrew.
- purserShip's financial officer
- bombardierPlane's payload releaser
- radiomanWireless communications technician
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- loadmasterAircraft freight coordinator
radio operator · engineer · navigator · flight deck · first officer · technician · Tuskegee Airmen · cockpit · flight attendant · aircrewman · captain · stewardess · jump seat · gunner · fighter pilot · headsets · flight plan · preflight check
- Air ForcesLuftwaffe, RAF, squadrons, airmen, fighter jets
- RAFRAF, Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster, Battle of Britain
- RAF airmenfighter pilots, bomber pilots, wing commanders, aircrew, pilots
aviation personnel location
air crewground crew
Aircraft support personnel
ground staff · maintenance crew · ground support · air traffic control · baggage handlers
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