Pilot

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Pilot may refer to:

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Science and technology [edit]

  • 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

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Transportation [edit]

  • Aviator, a person who flies an aircraft
  • Maritime pilot, a mariner who guides ships through hazardous waters
  • Sailing Directions, planning guides describing general features of ocean basins and country-specific information for navigators
  • Pilot (locomotive), or cowcatcher, a device at the front of locomotives to deflect obstacles
  • Station pilot, a locomotive used for shunting passenger coaches and vans
  • Pilotman, member of a railway company's staff who travels on every train, and whose duties are to ensure that no more than one train is present in any given section of railroad tracks
  • Coast Pilots, American navigation publication distributed yearly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Coast Survey
  • Pilot (automobile)
  • Pilot (boat), a pilot boat and museum ship in San Diego, California

Ships [edit]

Entertainment [edit]

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Music [edit]

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Commerce [edit]

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