- present participle of pilot.
piloting
Example Sentences
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A man has been jailed for 18 months for piloting a small boat carrying 26 other people, including six children, towards the Kent coast.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Loggers running fellers, and captains piloting tender boats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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
But almost everything else Ratwatte did that made that emergency landing a success fell outside the strict definition of piloting skills.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
