barnstormer
Touring aerial performer
A barnstormer is a pilot who travels to rural areas performing aerial stunts and offering rides, a practice common in the 1920s when aviators toured farmlands, sometimes using barns as landmarks or hangars.
The term extends to touring theatrical performers who play small-town venues.
More broadly, a barnstormer is anyone who campaigns vigorously across a region: The candidate barnstormed through Iowa.
A barnstormer of a performance or game is exceptionally exciting and dynamic.
One who pilots aircraft
- biplaneAircraft with two wing levels
- airshowPublic flight demonstration
- wingwalkerPerson performing on aircraft exterior
- aerobaticsSpectacular aircraft maneuvers
airfield · hangar · propeller · cockpit · daredevil · ace · aviatrix · aeronaut
Theatrical variety entertainment
- trouperDependable theatrical veteran
- showmanDramatic, attention-grabbing performer
- entertainerOne who amuses others
- touringTraveling for pleasure
roadshow · circuit · matinee · repertory · impresario · emcee · revue · sketch
One who advocates publicly
- whistle-stopMinor station or hamlet
- rallyGathering for a cause
- hustingsElectoral campaign proceedings
- canvasserOne seeking opinions door-to-door
soapbox · oratory · rhetoric · grassroots · platform · stumping · politicking · handshaking
aviator
One who pilots aircraft
- biplaneAircraft with two wing levels
- airshowPublic flight demonstration
- wingwalkerPerson performing on aircraft exterior
aerobatics · airfield · hangar · propeller · cockpit · daredevil · ace · aviatrix · aeronaut · loop-the-loop
vaudeville
Theatrical variety entertainment
- trouperDependable theatrical veteran
- showmanDramatic, attention-grabbing performer
- entertainerOne who amuses others
touring · roadshow · circuit · matinee · repertory · impresario · emcee · revue · sketch · headline
campaigner
One who advocates publicly
- whistle-stopMinor station or hamlet
- rallyGathering for a cause
- hustingsElectoral campaign proceedings
canvasser · soapbox · oratory · rhetoric · grassroots · platform · stumping · politicking · handshaking · glad-handing
- aviation jobspilot, airline pilot, copilot, co-pilot, captain
- aviatorspilot, aviator, fighter pilot, bomber pilot, jet pilot
- farm idiomsmake hay while the sun shines, cream of the crop, put the cart before the horse, till the cows come home, buy the farm
- Air Show PerformersBlue Angels, Thunderbirds, Red Arrows, stunt pilot, wing walker
- aviation figuresaviator, pilot, astronaut, test pilot, flight pioneer
- Aviation PioneersWright Brothers, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh
barnstormercommercial pilot
Certified airline flight operator
airline pilot · flight instructor · test pilot · charter pilot · desk pilot
barnstorm, barnstorming, barnstormed, barnstormers, barnstorms