Pilot

Pilot or The Pilot may refer to:

Common uses

  • Aircraft pilot, a person who flies or navigates an aircraft
  • Maritime pilot, a person who guides ships through hazardous waters
  • Piloting (navigation) or pilotage, the act of navigating by visual landmarks over water or in the air
  • Television pilot, a television episode used to sell a series to a television network
  • Pilot experiment, a small-scale preliminary study conducted prior to a full-scale research project
  • Pilot plant, a pre-commercial production system used to evaluate new technologies and designs

Places

People

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional character

Films

Literature

Music

Groups

EPs

Songs

Pilot

Periodicals

Television

Organizations

Science and technology

Biology

Computing

Other uses in science and technology

  • Pilot experiment, a precursor to a full experiment
  • Pilot light, a flame kept continually burning and used to light burners on household appliances
  • Pilot signal, or pilot tone, in telecommunications

Sports

  • Portland Pilots, an NCAA Division I athletics program representing the University of Portland
  • Seattle Pilots, a 1969 baseball team that became the Milwaukee Brewers

Transport

Motor vehicles

Ships

Trains

  • Pilot (locomotive), a device that deflects obstacles from the front of a locomotive, also known as a cowcatcher
  • Pilotman, a railway worker who ensures that only one train enters a single track rail segment at a time
  • Station pilot, a locomotive used for shunting passenger coaches and vans

Other uses

  • PILOT (finance), in public finance, a payment in lieu of taxes

See also

  • Aviator (disambiguation)
  • Driver (disambiguation)
  • Pilate (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles beginning with The Pilot
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