pilot
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The Federal Aviation Administration launched a pilot program for electric vertical take-off and landing, or eVTOL, in March.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Marshall says a traditional pilot season used to have five or six multicam pilots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
A drone pilot can see the target in a live feed from the drone's camera.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
On Sunday, two Bell helicopters collided while operating on the western outskirts of Athens, killing a Danish pilot and his Greek co-pilot.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Barry could see the pilot, a young man, through the windshield.
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
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Potential tenants LaTerra is targeting include pilots, flight attendants and other people who work at the airport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Hengky said the pilot likely did not expect to be checked in the special customs lane for pilots and crew, "but the monitoring we carry out is the same" for everyone.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Jouppi swore he had no idea; bush pilots do not rummage through their passengers’ bags.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
WSJ gained exclusive access to film pilots and navigators pivoting from attacks on Russian heavy equipment to destroying their drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
That didn’t happen for a long time—nor did everyone who joined Marina Raskova’s aviators end up flying as combat pilots.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Archer got its start one year earlier, aiming to bring piloted air taxis to the mass market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Kush Desai, a White House spokesman, told AFP "Marine One flights are piloted by some of the best aviators in the world, and at no point was the president in harm's way."
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Marine One flights are piloted by some of the best aviators in the world, and at no point was the President in harm’s way,” said White House spokesman Kush Desai.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He appeared with the aid of an Arabic interpreter and when asked how he wished to plea, denied having piloted the dinghy.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
When he was thirty-one, he piloted a flight to northern Iran to pick up a high-ranking official.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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It means 10 people have now been sentenced under a law targeting those who risk the safety of others by piloting small boats since it came into force in January.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The European Commission is piloting an age-verification app to verify whether users are over 18 to access restricted online content.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
It expanded training, engaged an independent safeguarding organisation to review practices, and was piloting the use of cameras, it added.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
One post in 2025 showed the two leaders piloting a B-2 bomber together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
May Mother never find out that I was piloting her precious Saturn on instructions from Rain, the face of so many of her childhood nightmares.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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