hot rock (plural hot rocks)
- (aviation, slang) A daredevil pilot of great skill.
1949, Flying Magazine, volume 45, number 4, page 28:It is the privilege of every pilot to think of himself, privately at least, as a hot rock of the first magnitude. Whether he is or not is an evaluation that he is not altogether qualified to make for himself.
2011, Dick Jonas, A Fighter Pilot Looks At the World Upside Down:If a hot rock racing plane pilot seems so calm, cool, collected, and nonchalant, it's because he's formed a habit pattern of making his flying routine. That's exactly how you want dangerous flying — or dangerous anything — to be. Routine.
