Sentence examples for wingman from inspiring English sources

"This past month, four friends died wingsuit-flying, one of whom was my very good friend and wingman, Sean Leary, Potterr said.

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Sherman was an unusual psychological case; he was content to be Grant's "wingman" and had asked President Lincoln not to make him the top dog in one of America's western armies.

Hunting for women is "sarging", and is often carried out with a "wingman" in attendance.

Fighters operated at least in pairs, flying 50 to 60 yards apart, so that the wingman could protect the leader's rear.

The smallest unit of formation is called a section and consists of one leader and one wingman.

In the case of a single wingman, his goal is to keep his distance from the leader constant by choosing two features on the lead aircraft and keeping them aligned in the same way from his viewpoint.

With Sky lacking in experienced riders, depleted and battered, Froome himself has been taking risks – for example, using one rider, Stannard as his lone wingman in the finales, rather than the usual three or four.

"It was kind of hopping there in the last 500m," said Cavendish, who praised the efforts of his veteran wingman, the "old and wiley" Alessandro Pettachi in setting him up for the finish.

In Saturday's edition he fields the strong favourite Mon Parrain, for whom hopes this term are much higher than a Grade Three handicap, with Poquelin, runner-up two years ago, as wingman at the top of the handicap.

In 1985 his story appeared in a made-for-TV film, Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story, starring Anthony Edwards (best-known as "Goose", Tom Cruise's wingman in Top Gun).