bush pilot

English

Noun

bush pilot (plural bush pilots)

1. (chiefly Canada, Australia, New Guinea) A pilot who flies small aircraft to and from remote locations, over expanses of relatively unpopulated territory.
   • 1959 July 13, “‘The Great One’”, in Time:

     Last month, landed by a bush pilot on a glacier at 7,000 ft., the four began their long push—the kind of adventure that pales a plains dweller.

2. (Australia, obsolete) A person who guides people through bushland.

Related terms

• bushcraft
• bushman
• bushmanship
• bushperson

Translations

pilot

• French: pilote de brousse

References

• “bush pilot”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.