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[pahy-luht] / ˈpaɪ lət /


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It is the body language that shows mindset and intent, that a team's pilot light is on and burning bright.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

In a message on X, Thorbjornsen, a former Australian air force pilot, told The Wall Street Journal that he no longer plays an active role at THORChain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

The study, "EXPRESS: Rapamycin increases cerebral blood flow and modulates metabolic, inflammatory, and microbiome profiles in healthy middle-aged APOE4 carriers: a pilot single-arm trial" was published in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

Agility said it has engaged with more than 30 customers either in a pilot program — in which customers pay $500,000 to participate — and through active commercial discussions, according to a filing.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

“You think the pilot and flight crew just vanished into thin air,” Katherine said, her voice ringing with confidence.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Ukrainian pilots have alternative methods for controlling their drones, but they say none of them are as effective as a pilot’s video feed via Starshield.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

To earn a private certificate, pilots must be at least 17 and have at least 40 hours of flight experience, including 10 hours solo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

Flying charter flights—like the one Filgueiras was co-piloting—is one way pilots build up the hours of experience they need to make the jump to an airline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

Australia is also sending a Cessna Citation aircraft as a guide plane as well as 20 personnel, including pilots, flight crew and paramedics.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Most of the 588th pilots had no idea what was going on.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Alongside its longstanding classroom-in-residence program, in which fourth- through sixth-grade classes spend a week at the museum, the Hammer piloted its classroom partnership program under Ryan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Seasons of Life workshops are run by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust and have been piloted at several schools in counties Armagh and Tyrone during the last year.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The 66-year-old Whittingham has never piloted a behemoth like this.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

They had piloted the service with some of those users after securing permits to offer supervised robotaxi rides from London’s transport authority last month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Volpe has been written up numerous times in The Philadelphia Inquirer—big feature stories when he piloted Les Mis and Cameron Mackintosh came to Levittown, and again when he was the first to do Rent.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Wealth and tech have always been part of the Cup, but it was once a sport of charismatics piloting recognizable vessels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The government said it was investing nearly £100m to improve national resilience capabilities, which includes piloting specially trained firefighting teams.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

"It's likely that future X-planes will be uncrewed," says Coen, before adding the vital caveats "unless the technology we're researching relates to piloting or if crewing it is more cost-effective".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

“He was flying to Los Angeles that day, piloting a 767. He called and told me to turn on the TV — ‘You won’t believe what is going on in New York.‘”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

This was my first opportunity to see which robots Aech, Art3mis, and Shoto had selected after clearing the Second Gate, and it took me a moment to place the towering female robot Art3mis was piloting.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline


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