Wingmanship

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Power or skill in flying. uncountable

    "1867', George Campbell, The Reign of Law To stand still in the air is not indeed impossible to a flying Bird, for reasons to be presently explained, but it is one of the most difficult feats of wingmanship"

  2. 2
    Friendship in the form of being a wingman. uncountable

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"1867', George Campbell, The Reign of Law To stand still in the air is not indeed impossible to a flying Bird, for reasons to be presently explained, but it is one of the most difficult feats of wingmanship"

Etymology

From wingman + -ship; in the flight sense, coined in imitation of horsemanship.

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