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This Korean War flyboy drama was largely passed over at TIFF, but an Audience Award at the Middleburg Film Festival put it back on pundits’ radars.
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Vulture, 18 Nov. 2022
Starring Jonathan Majors as Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in Navy history, and Powell as his flyboy friend Tom Hudner, Devotion, based on the bestselling book of the same name, opened with $9 million over the holiday weekend.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2022
So with all that, why the optimism now for Tom Cruise’s flyboy movie?
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
Enter a cocky 60-year-old flyboy and his rag-tag team of young fighter pilots.
—Frank Pallotta, CNN, 8 Nov. 2022
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Vulture, 18 Nov. 2022
Starring Jonathan Majors as Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in Navy history, and Powell as his flyboy friend Tom Hudner, Devotion, based on the bestselling book of the same name, opened with $9 million over the holiday weekend.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2022
So with all that, why the optimism now for Tom Cruise’s flyboy movie?
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
Enter a cocky 60-year-old flyboy and his rag-tag team of young fighter pilots.
—Frank Pallotta, CNN, 8 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flyboy
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In 2014, four Air Force servicemen were killed after a flock of Canadian geese reportedly flew through their helicopter’s windshield, knocking the pilot and copilot unconscious.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
10 July 2025
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This is not chatbots and copilots, this is a case of AI agents with yellow hard hats.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The store will act as a pilot since Castiglioni said the ultimate goal is to export the format, especially in the markets that are performing best for the brand, like Japan.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
8 July 2025
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Also set for Montreal is the Just For Laughs comedy shorts and pilots showcase and competition presented in partnership with Will Arnett’s Electric Avenue banner.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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Judge Settle also called out the Trump administration for seemingly disregarding the service history of the transgender soldiers who brought the case, such as the Commander Emily Shilling, a naval aviator with 19 years of service who flew 60 combat missions before becoming a Navy test pilot.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2025
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During its first test flight, part of the mounting failed on takeoff and the test pilot safely brought the car/plane back to earth.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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Oversized aviators Mark my words: Summer’s trendiest sunglasses will be retro, oversized aviators.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
24 June 2025
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Christian Diaz, a U.S. airman stationed in South Korea, was kayaking with friends while off-duty during a deployment to Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks for an exercise, according to the Fairbanks fire and police departments and Air Force officials.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2025
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The airman, named as 1st Class Lt. Col. Maksym Ustymenko by the Ukrainian air force, was the third F-16 pilot killed since the Ukrainians began flying the jets last summer, and his plane was the fourth F-16 Ukraine has lost since then.—
Kostya Gak,
CNN Money,
29 June 2025
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“Flyboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flyboy. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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