Aviator

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An aviator (also pilot or airman) is a person who flies aircraft, whether for pleasure or as a profession. The word is normally applied to pilots and flight instructors, but it can be applied more broadly, for example to include people such as wing-walkers who regularly take part in an aerobatic display sequence.citation needed]

The word aviatrix was used to refer to female aviators, reflecting the word's Latin root, but is now seldom used, even as a gender-specific term. In civilian aeronautical usage, the word airman is synonymous with seaman in nautical usage. In U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) usage, an airman is the holder of an airman certificate issued by its Airmen Certification Branch.