Pilot
noun
A person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.
The pilot managed to land the plane safely during a storm.
Often appears as...
- pilot training
- pilot error
noun
A prototype episode for a proposed television series.
The pilot was well received and the network decided to pick up the show.
Often appears as...
- pilot episode
- commissioned pilot
Usage tips
Modern
verb
To steer or guide something, particularly a ship or an aircraft.
She is learning to pilot a plane.
Often appears as...
- pilot a plane
- pilot a ship
adjective
Serving as a test or trial before wider rollout or implementation.
The pilot project will test the viability of the new software.
Often appears as...
- pilot test
- pilot study
noun
A guide who steers ships through dangerous or unfamiliar waters.
The harbor pilot navigated the large vessel through the busy port.
Often appears as...
- harbor pilot
- river pilot
noun
A person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.
The pilot managed to land the plane safely during a storm.
Often appears as...
- pilot training
- pilot error
noun
A prototype episode for a proposed television series.
The pilot was well received and the network decided to pick up the show.
Often appears as...
- pilot episode
- commissioned pilot
Usage tips
Modern
verb
To steer or guide something, particularly a ship or an aircraft.
She is learning to pilot a plane.
Often appears as...
- pilot a plane
- pilot a ship
adjective
Serving as a test or trial before wider rollout or implementation.
The pilot project will test the viability of the new software.
Often appears as...
- pilot test
- pilot study
noun
A guide who steers ships through dangerous or unfamiliar waters.
The harbor pilot navigated the large vessel through the busy port.
Often appears as...
- harbor pilot
- river pilot
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Profession Specific
Used when talking about the job of flying aircraft, including planes and helicopters.
My uncle works as a pilot for an international airline.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Commercial
Can refer to someone flying a private or military aircraft, not just commercial ones.
She's a pilot in the Air Force.
Pro Tip 3/3Require Licenses
Pilots need specific training and licenses, hinting at a high level of expertise.
He just received his commercial pilot license.
Pro Tip 1/3Profession Specific
Used when talking about the job of flying aircraft, including planes and helicopters.
My uncle works as a pilot for an international airline.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Commercial
Can refer to someone flying a private or military aircraft, not just commercial ones.
She's a pilot in the Air Force.
Pro Tip 3/3Require Licenses
Pilots need specific training and licenses, hinting at a high level of expertise.
He just received his commercial pilot license.
Pro Tip 1/3Profession Specific
Used when talking about the job of flying aircraft, including planes and helicopters.
My uncle works as a pilot for an international airline.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Commercial
Can refer to someone flying a private or military aircraft, not just commercial ones.
She's a pilot in the Air Force.
Pro Tip 3/3Require Licenses
Pilots need specific training and licenses, hinting at a high level of expertise.
He just received his commercial pilot license.
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Video examples
Meet the dazzling flying...
Now, there are practical reasons why you may want to know the answer to such a question. Helicopters, for example, are affectionately known as machines with a thousand moving parts all conspiring to do you bodily harm. It turns out that decades ago, skilled pilots were able to fly remote-controlled aircraft
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Tricky Landing PIPE Alaska...
which makes it hard for support pilots to communicate with their team at times a quick glimpse from the air can be the only way the pilots know how their team's doing their rides about to get rough to a snow squall is on the horizon the weather is that the greatest factor
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The Turing test: Can a...
But while Cleverbot's individual responses can sound incredibly human, its lack of a consistent personality and inability to deal with brand new topics are a dead giveaway. Who in Turing's day could have predicted that today's computers would be able to pilot spacecraft,
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A plane you can drive -...
now that doesn't sound like a lot but it's very important because being able to deliver the transition as a light-sport aircraft makes it simpler for us to certify it but it also makes it much easier for you to learn how to fly it a sport pilot can be certificated in as
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Why should you read...
humanity has forbidden the construction of any machine “in the likeness of a human mind.” But rather than stifling their expansion, this edict forced humans to evolve in startling ways— becoming biological computers, psychic witches, and prescient space pilots.
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What's Hiding in the...
searchlights i'm sitting beside the pilot in the transparent bubble in the middle and the whole craft is massively strengthened to withstand the huge pressures of the depths as we go down it gets darker and darker the water is thick with small floating
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Hydrogels as an...
include it helps reduce topsoil erosion and it allows farmers to use less fertilizer so what's next for the company they're exploring field trial opportunities and other water-stressed countries they've begun pilot deployment
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The sonic boom problem -...
and one of the most important achievements in this historical race was the breaking of the sound barrier. Not long after the first successful airplane flights, pilots were eager to push their planes to go faster and faster.
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The First Person To See...
ecotourism and primate watching can provide a new income for local communities and an incentive to protect pilots and their home it's clearly demonstrating to local communities the importance of these intact forests and
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Collaring A Massive Bull...
elephant a bull bull elephants often come into conflict with people in the wild and colouring them can provide critical data on exactly where the trouble is brewing ian is a passionate pilot with 40 years
Video examples
Meet the dazzling flying...
Now, there are practical reasons why you may want to know the answer to such a question. Helicopters, for example, are affectionately known as machines with a thousand moving parts all conspiring to do you bodily harm. It turns out that decades ago, skilled pilots were able to fly remote-controlled aircraft
Video examples
Tricky Landing PIPE Alaska...
which makes it hard for support pilots to communicate with their team at times a quick glimpse from the air can be the only way the pilots know how their team's doing their rides about to get rough to a snow squall is on the horizon the weather is that the greatest factor
Video examples
The Turing test: Can a...
But while Cleverbot's individual responses can sound incredibly human, its lack of a consistent personality and inability to deal with brand new topics are a dead giveaway. Who in Turing's day could have predicted that today's computers would be able to pilot spacecraft,
Video examples
A plane you can drive -...
now that doesn't sound like a lot but it's very important because being able to deliver the transition as a light-sport aircraft makes it simpler for us to certify it but it also makes it much easier for you to learn how to fly it a sport pilot can be certificated in as
Video examples
Why should you read...
humanity has forbidden the construction of any machine “in the likeness of a human mind.” But rather than stifling their expansion, this edict forced humans to evolve in startling ways— becoming biological computers, psychic witches, and prescient space pilots.
Video examples
What's Hiding in the...
searchlights i'm sitting beside the pilot in the transparent bubble in the middle and the whole craft is massively strengthened to withstand the huge pressures of the depths as we go down it gets darker and darker the water is thick with small floating
Video examples
Hydrogels as an...
include it helps reduce topsoil erosion and it allows farmers to use less fertilizer so what's next for the company they're exploring field trial opportunities and other water-stressed countries they've begun pilot deployment
Video examples
The sonic boom problem -...
and one of the most important achievements in this historical race was the breaking of the sound barrier. Not long after the first successful airplane flights, pilots were eager to push their planes to go faster and faster.
Video examples
The First Person To See...
ecotourism and primate watching can provide a new income for local communities and an incentive to protect pilots and their home it's clearly demonstrating to local communities the importance of these intact forests and
Video examples
Collaring A Massive Bull...
elephant a bull bull elephants often come into conflict with people in the wild and colouring them can provide critical data on exactly where the trouble is brewing ian is a passionate pilot with 40 years
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jaime Camil
Mexican Actor
The script that I fell in love with and adored was 'Jane the Virgin'... but every line in the pilot was essentially, 'Why did you keep my daughter a secret all of these years?' I didn't know any direction my character was going - was it going to be a dramatic character, a comedic character? - I didn't know.
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Gary Numan
British Musician
Being a display pilot is probably the thing I've been most proud of in my life. Don't really fly anymore now though. I have three small children and as most of my friends were killed in different accidents, I realised that it was probably just a matter of time before I went that way.
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Nahnatchka Khan
American Writer
When you're writing a pilot, unless you already have an actor attached to the project, you're writing it with all the voices sort of in your head. Once you actually cast it, the actors become the voices of the characters, and you start to write for them and their strengths.
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Jack Davenport
British Actor
In terms of the pilot, you have to introduce a lot of characters in a very short period of time, and you have to paint with slightly broad brush strokes because you just need to give an audience an idea of who these people might be.
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Jake Kasdan
American Director
You hope for that with anything, but with a TV show, the writer and the actor being the right mix are more important than the actual writing of the pilot because you hope it's something that can have a long life.
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Hugh Shelton
American Soldier
But the other thing is that I feel very confident in the individual pilots. They are tremendous individuals. They are individuals that have sworn to protect and defend our very citizens. That's why we serve.
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Greg Berlanti
American Writer
The most important decision you can make as a showrunner when you're doing a pilot is who's in it and who's directing it.
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Jim Parsons
American Actor
I couldn't tell you a good, bad or ugly pilot just from reading it, but I can tell you a character I want to play.
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Matthew Gray Gubler
American Actor
Literally, my first audition after 'The Life Aquatic' was for the 'Criminal Minds' pilot.
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Gordon Bethune
American Businessman
Every pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot.
Quote examples
Jaime Camil
Mexican Actor
The script that I fell in love with and adored was 'Jane the Virgin'... but every line in the pilot was essentially, 'Why did you keep my daughter a secret all of these years?' I didn't know any direction my character was going - was it going to be a dramatic character, a comedic character? - I didn't know.
Quote examples
Gary Numan
British Musician
Being a display pilot is probably the thing I've been most proud of in my life. Don't really fly anymore now though. I have three small children and as most of my friends were killed in different accidents, I realised that it was probably just a matter of time before I went that way.
Quote examples
Nahnatchka Khan
American Writer
When you're writing a pilot, unless you already have an actor attached to the project, you're writing it with all the voices sort of in your head. Once you actually cast it, the actors become the voices of the characters, and you start to write for them and their strengths.
Quote examples
Jack Davenport
British Actor
In terms of the pilot, you have to introduce a lot of characters in a very short period of time, and you have to paint with slightly broad brush strokes because you just need to give an audience an idea of who these people might be.
Quote examples
Jake Kasdan
American Director
You hope for that with anything, but with a TV show, the writer and the actor being the right mix are more important than the actual writing of the pilot because you hope it's something that can have a long life.
Quote examples
Hugh Shelton
American Soldier
But the other thing is that I feel very confident in the individual pilots. They are tremendous individuals. They are individuals that have sworn to protect and defend our very citizens. That's why we serve.
Quote examples
Greg Berlanti
American Writer
The most important decision you can make as a showrunner when you're doing a pilot is who's in it and who's directing it.
Quote examples
Jim Parsons
American Actor
I couldn't tell you a good, bad or ugly pilot just from reading it, but I can tell you a character I want to play.
Quote examples
Matthew Gray Gubler
American Actor
Literally, my first audition after 'The Life Aquatic' was for the 'Criminal Minds' pilot.
Quote examples
Gordon Bethune
American Businessman
Every pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot.
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