airmanship

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

airmanship
    n 1: the art of operating aircraft [syn: {aviation},
         {airmanship}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Airmanship \Air"man*ship\, n.
   Art, skill, or ability in the practice of aerial navigation;
   aircraft piloting.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

70 Moby Thesaurus words for "airmanship":
      ability, address, adeptness, adroitness, artfulness, artisanship,
      artistry, bravura, brief, briefing, brilliance, capability,
      capacity, cleverness, command, competence, control, coordination,
      craft, craftsmanship, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness,
      dextrousness, diplomacy, efficiency, expertise, facility, finesse,
      flight plan, flying lessons, grace, grip, handiness, horsemanship,
      ingeniousness, ingenuity, know-how, marksmanship, mastership,
      mastery, pilot training, pilotship, practical ability, proficiency,
      prowess, quickness, readiness, resource, resourcefulness, rundown,
      savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, skill, skillfulness, style, tact,
      tactfulness, technical brilliance, technical mastery,
      technical skill, technique, timing, virtuosity, washout, wit,
      wizardry, workmanship