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
Since Don Ross retired as an airline pilot a decade ago, all the financial planners he has spoken with have wanted him to invest his cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
There’s his first line: “Fog took ’im,” Wyck says as the explanation for another fisherman’s mysterious disappearance in the pilot, delivered with utmost seriousness yet still landing like a punchline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Galina Brok, a navigator for the 125th Guards who flew with pilot Antonina Bondareva, found it reassuring when she sometimes heard the “broken Russian” of the French pilots coming over the radio.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Hal and John also stand apart from other test pilots, Marines and field experts in ways that make them not merely suitable choices for superheroic duty but worthy of it.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Iran accused Qatar of holding three of its air force pilots prisoner, deepening a mystery that dates back to the beginning of the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The military’s missing-persons committee wrote to the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross asking the organization to visit the pilots after saying its own efforts have been rebuffed by Qatar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Qatar's foreign affairs spokesperson Majed Mohammed Al Ansari said contact had been made with the pilots "after they violated Qatari airspace", but it did not receive a response.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Marina divided the young women into pilots, navigators, and technicians.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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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
He appeared with the aid of an Arabic interpreter and when asked how he wished to plea, denied having piloted the dinghy.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Helicopters piloted by emergency responders flew sorties to deliver water in a bid to douse the fires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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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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 Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is piloting a program to pay companies and providers—including those offering mental-health-focused AI chatbots, like Headspace—modest set rates tied to health outcomes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
One post in 2025 showed the two leaders piloting a B-2 bomber together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
A second man, Afghan national Tajik Mohammed, was given a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to piloting a vessel across the Channel during poor weather conditions in January.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
At first he’d outright refused the entire idea of Magdalys piloting the mosasaurus.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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