Editing Aircraft pilot (section)

==Definition==

The first recorded use of the term ''aviator'' (''aviateur'' in French) was in 1887, as a variation of ''aviation'', from the Latin ''avis'' (meaning ''bird''), coined in 1863 by {{ill|G. J. G. de La Landelle|fr}} in ''Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne'' ("Aviation or Air Navigation"). The term ''aviatrix'' (''aviatrice'' in French), now archaic, was formerly used for a female pilot. The term ''aviator'' (''aviateur'' in French), now archaic, was formerly used for a male pilot. People who operate aircraft obtain a ''pilot'' licence. Aviation regulations referred to ''pilots''. These terms were used more in the [[aviation history|early days of aviation]], when airplanes were extremely rare, and connoted bravery and adventure. For example, a 1905 reference work described the [[Wright brothers]]' first airplane: "The weight, including the body of the aviator, is a little more than 700 pounds".<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|contribution=Aeronautics in 1904 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eb86AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA6|page=6|location=New York|publisher=P. F. Collier & Son|year=1905|title=Collier's Self-Indexing Annual}}</ref>