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Gareth Hetherington, director of the Ulster University Economic Policy Centre, said there was a case for a VAT cut pilot scheme in NI.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The Integratron collection captures the curious life of Van Tassel, an aviation mechanic and test pilot who claimed to have communicated with Solganda, a being from Venus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

The tech company has been working with Fervo for about five years, starting with a small 3-megawatt pilot project that began operating in 2023 in Nevada.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Perry told People that he even took flying lessons so he could pilot his private plane to the property.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

“The plane belonged to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Name of the pilot was withheld.”

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

The Navy in 2025 needed 52 “department heads,” who are 30-something pilots on their way to making commanding officer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

So many pilots are moving on that the Navy has to promote officers it otherwise wouldn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

About a dozen Pyka aircraft are already in Brazil where they are used to spray crops such as cotton and soybeans, work previously carried out by human pilots.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The pair clocked off around an hour before their shift was due to end, the newspaper said citing sources, leaving the control tower short-staffed before the crash that killed two pilots.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Then, after months of training pilots, she was told she had to train parachutists.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Meanwhile, even if fully autonomous passenger flight remains elusive, many expect the technology being pioneered will inch into commercial aviation, potentially making piloted flying safer.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Looking out to 2030, viability "remains extremely limited and mainly only concerns raw materials", Eve Barre, an economist who piloted the Coface study, said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Kometer said it should be a tarmac rally stage while professional stunt driver and Long Beach local Sarah Fairfield, who piloted the second ’26 MX-5 on this trip, equated it to a roller coaster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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

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

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

A teenager accused of endangering the lives of 165 migrants by allegedly piloting a record-breaking dinghy crossing of the English Channel is to stand trial.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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

They snuggled together, and before the scene where Commander Calvados wins over the respect of the crew by piloting the ship through a black hole, they’d both fallen asleep.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman