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Meaning of box man | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The pilot flying behind the leader in a box formation.

Examples

“[…] there have been an uncomfortably large number of incidents where a leader has flown his whole team into the ground. […] It had happened in the Luftwaffe with an F104 team, and many years later I saw it happen to the box man in the French Fouga Magister team at the Paris Air Show.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

box meal box model box money box nasty box no. box number

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