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pilot

[pahy-luht] / ˈpaɪ lət /


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A pilot program instituting the delivery changes in 18 regions before the 2024 election ran into problems.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Only a handful of people in this world look at a 70-pound preteen and think, Here is the future pilot of a 1,000-horsepower beast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

James spends a portion of the pilot episode “on a month-long scholarship at the University of Oslo,” seemingly doing nothing but calling Jeanie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

As an aspiring pilot, he said schools should not just provide work experience opportunities, but additional teaching on other aspects of adult life outside of work.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

That night, in a cottage near the launch pad, a twenty-seven-year-old fighter pilot named Yuri Gagarin lay still in a wooden bunk, pretending to be asleep.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Some pilots were able to fly fast, but others were losing connection even at speeds well below 160 kilometers an hour, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The unit’s commander said he didn’t know what happened to the other drones because the pilots lost contact with them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The Sun leads with a "£20m crash probe" after "two pilots steered away from buildings and ejected before the Hawk T2 nosedived and exploded near RAF Valley, North Wales, last month".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Men at the pool presented themselves to AFP as pilots or trainers, in some cases former special forces personnel.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Early on, Tamara transferred eight of the 586th’s finest pilots to other regiments to try to ease the friction.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Equipped with German 5G mobile-phone cards, the drones could be piloted remotely over the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

It says a "heavy" hexacopter, piloted by a remote operator, was able to maintain stability during the "very difficult" operation.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

DELHI—As an aviator, Smit Machchhar had piloted through an in-flight birth, turbulent monsoon skies and a high-wire landing in Greece that stretched his skills to the limit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The intention craft was being piloted by Mrs. Coulter.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Matthew Parris, prosecuting, told the court that the defendant was seen piloting the boat, which was being followed by French authorities.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

However, Atak was seen during 90 minutes of aerial footage to be piloting the vessel using its one remaining functioning engine, the court heard.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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

Today’s world-model startups want to create a control system that’s as versatile when piloting robots as today’s LLMs are when crafting text, from sonnets to software.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

I look over at the cockpit, grateful there are chairs for me and Javier, so I don’t have to stand while piloting the five of us to the surface.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera


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