barnstormer
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- noun
- /ˈbɑrnˌstɔrmər/
- Archaic
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piloto acrobático
- During the summer, the barnstormer would fly from town to town, offering thrilling rides and parachute demonstrations to eager spectators.
- barnstormer pilot
- become a barnstormer
Examples
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Charles Lindbergh: Mother, I've decided to become a barnstormer stunt pilot.
Fiction book (2002) -
When I was a young lad, a barnstormer flying a World War I airplane landed on our farm and Dad helped him refuel and I got a ride, and he took me for a circle of the field and that was my first airplane ride, at about four years of age.
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Thanks to Jake, who doesn't wear glasses but does wear aviator goggles and a scarf sometimes when he's pretending to be a barnstormer.
Blog text (19) -
It may have been the barnstormers and the great trophy races that captured the public's attention initially, but it was the record-breaking flights of individuals that truly distinguished this era.
Academic text (2003) -
In the 1920s, many young men dreamed of becoming a barnstormer and showcasing their flying skills at county fairs.
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After the war, he found that being a barnstormer was an exhilarating way to entertain crowds with daring aerial displays.
Synonyms
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A person who travels by plane or pilots one
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A person who flies an aircraft as its pilot
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A young man who flies planes, often in the military and does daring stunts
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A pilot who performs daring flying tricks at airshows
A pilot who does flying tricks at public shows
How Daring
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Barnstormer The word barnstormer comes from barn and storm, where storm means 'to rush in' or 'attack'. In early aviation, pilots would land in fields near farm towns and perform daring tricks for crowds, so a barnstormer is a stunt pilot who traveled from place to place giving air shows.