ground crew

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noun
  1. ground personnel responsible for the maintenance and repair of aircraft.

Origin of ground crew

1
First recorded in 1930–35

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How to use ground crew in a sentence

  • When it falls unconscious, a ground crew drags the beast—which can weigh up to 5,000 lbs—into a net strapped to the chopper.

  • Next morning (the 16th) after fueling up we took off (with the ground crew) for the Homeward trip.

  • They were interrupted by the ground-crew chief who reported the decoy ship ready to blast off.

  • Dashing up the metal ladder, Connel roared the order to the waiting ground crew.

    Sabotage in Space | Carey Rockwell
  • A member of the ground crew took his place at the propeller.

    Aces Up | Covington Clarke
  • Members of the ground crew took up their stations at the wing tips.

    Aces Up | Covington Clarke