aviator An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators because they a ...

is a person who flies aircraft. Aviator may also refer to:

Films

* ''The Aviator'' (1929 film), a comedy film considered lost * ''The Aviator'' (1985 film), an adventure film starring Christopher Reeve * ''The Aviator'' (2004 film), a biopic based on the life of entrepreneur Howard Hughes

Music

Aviator (British band) Aviator is an English rock band formed in 1978. Aviator was founded in 1978 by Jack Lancaster (saxophone, flute, synthesizer), Mick Rogers (guitar & lead vocals), Clive Bunker (drums) and John G. Perry (bass & vocals). The brand released thei ...

, a late 1970s progressive rock band ** ''Aviator'' (Aviator album), Aviator's first album * Aviator (Ukrainian band), pop band formed in 2005 * ''Aviator'' (Funker Vogt album), a 2007 album by Funker Vogt * "The Aviator", a song by Deep Purple from their 1996 album ''

Purpendicular ''Purpendicular'' is the fifteenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released on 5 February 1996. It is their first album with guitarist Steve Morse from Dixie Dregs, who replaced Ritchie Blackmore. The album entered the UK Cha ...

'' * ''The Aviator'' (soundtrack), the original soundtrack album of the 2004 film ''The Aviator''

Other uses

* ''Aviator'', a 1983 computer game by

Geoff Crammond Geoff Crammond is a computer game designer and programmer who specialises in motor racing games. A former defence industry systems engineer, he claims to have had little interest in motor racing before programming his first racing game (Revs) b ...

* Aviator, a brand of playing cards made by the

United States Playing Card Company The United States Playing Card Company (USPC, though also commonly known as USPCC) is a large American producer and distributor of playing cards. It was established in 1867 as Russell, Morgan & Co. and founded in Cincinnati, Ohio in its current ...

Aviator (rank) Aircraftman (AC) or aircraftwoman (ACW) was formerly the lowest rank in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and is still in use by the air forces of several other Commonwealth countries. In RAF slang, aircraftmen were sometimes called "erks". Air ...

, a rank within the Royal Canadian Air Force * Aviators, former Frequent Flyer Program of

Trans World Airlines Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles ...

Honda Aviator The Honda Aviator was a motor scooter produced by Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India. Its slogan is "Live Your Style". It has a four-stroke single-cylinder engine, HET air-cooled engine (the same as in the Dio and the Activa) which produces 8 bhp ...

, a motor scooter made by Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. *

Lincoln Aviator The Lincoln Aviator is a mid-size, three-row luxury SUV manufactured and marketed under the Lincoln brand of Ford Motor Company — and now in its second generation, with a hiatus from 2006 to 2020. The first generation Aviator was manufa ...

, an SUV *

Ray-Ban Aviator Aviator sunglasses are a style of sunglasses that was developed by a group of American firms. The original Bausch & Lomb design is now commercially marketed as Ray-Ban Aviators, although other manufacturers also produce aviator-style sunglasses. ...

, a style of sunglasses *

Shenzhen Aviators The Shenzhen New Century Liebao Club, also known as Shenzhen Marco Polo or Shenzhen Leopards (previously Shenzhen Aviators), are a China, Chinese professional basketball team which plays in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Associa ...

, a Chinese basketball team * ''The Aviator'' (short story), a 1926 short story by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry * ''The Aviator'' (Charlottesville, Virginia), a sculpture by Gutzon Borglum *

Las Vegas Aviators The Las Vegas Aviators, formerly known as the Las Vegas 51s and Las Vegas Stars, are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Athletics. They are located in Summerlin South, Nevada, a comm ...

, a minor league baseball team {{disambiguation