piloted

Example Sentences

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The 27-year-old, who admitted to having piloted the vessel, appeared at Canterbury Crown Court on Tuesday.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

A former Cuban spy who infiltrated a group of Florida anti-communist exiles in the 1990s told AFP that Havana's fatal shootdown of two planes piloted by the activists set the stage for devastating US sanctions.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

And yet, on Dec. 17, 1903, Orville piloted a powered, heavier-than-air craft, the Wright Flyer, 120 feet across the sand at Kitty Hawk, N.C.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Most said they had to be kept in bags throughout the day, while seven used a pouch system similar to the one piloted at Islwyn High.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

A lot of those planes were piloted by young men who’d never flown before.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac