pilot
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Rideout had been working in Niger as a Christian missionary for 19 years and was also a pilot for SIM International, which operates in more than 70 countries.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Earlier in the day, a Jetstar pilot was forced to apply the brakes suddenly to avoid crashing into a Qatar Airways jet.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The inaugural cohort will include 10 appointees and run for a one-year pilot term before expanding to 20 appointees and a full two-year term, according to CalEPA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
A pilot program aims to ease pressure on freshmen and help them adjust to demands of college.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
He remarried, had a son, Francis Gary Powers Jr., and became a helicopter pilot and reporter for a Los Angeles television station.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Most strikingly, the pilots did not realise that their performance had deteriorated, the study found.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The letter also claimed the three pilots had not been allowed to meet or contact their families.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Starlink connectivity and last-mile navigation algorithms help Ukrainian pilots reach their targets despite Russian jamming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
She is one of 21 drone pilots for the OS, in charge of collecting footage to track changes on the ground.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
It had happened when she and five other Soviet fighter pilots had flown into battle against a swarm of three dozen German bombers and fighters.
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
More police forces are adopting A.I. facial scanners; the tech is being piloted in schools, buses, and stores as well.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Meanwhile, 13 children were aboard the overcrowded dinghy piloted by Yuk two days earlier - some of whom were not wearing life jackets.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
McCandless stayed with Westerberg for three days, riding out with his crew each morning as the workers piloted their lumbering machines across the ocean of ripe blond grain.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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He regularly livestreamed his activities, including explaining his advocacy while piloting his black Tesla as a driver for Uber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Manas Yuk, an 18-year-old Sudanese national, was sentenced to 18 months in youth detention after piloting a boat carrying 81 people - including a number of children - just days prior.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The commission is also piloting an age-verification app intended to verify whether users are over 18 if they want 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
It was six in the morning and he’d been driving in silence for most of the night, piloting our station wagon through Arizona, Nevada and Utah.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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