Pilot

Pilot
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Pilot can refer to:

Aviator, in aviation, an Aircraft pilot is someone who controls an aircraft
Maritime pilot, in shipping, someone who guides ships through the waters near a harbour or dangerous coastal waters. This is the original meaning.

Ford Pilot, a car
Honda Pilot, a Crossover SUV made by the Honda corporation.
Honda Pilot (ATV), an all-terrain vehicle produced by Honda in 1989 and 1990.
LDV Pilot, a mid-sized British van
Palm Pilot, the name for the second generation of personal digital assistants sold by Palm Computing; the first generation was simply the "Pilot", though "PalmPilot" is often used as slang for PalmOS devices despite the fact that Palm no longer uses the trademark on its current products
Pilot Travel Centers, LLC, primarily sells over-the-road diesel fuel
- Pilot Corp. is 50% owner of Pilot Travel Centers, LLC
Pilot (pen company), headquarters situated in Japan; one of the world's major manufacturers of pens
Pilot (appliances)

"Pilot" (short story) by Stephen Baxter
The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea, a historical fiction novel by James Fenimore Cooper
The Virginian-Pilot, newspaper serving the Hampton Roads part of Virginia
The Pilot (Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador), newspaper serving the Lewisporte area of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Pilot Magazine UK, a UK based General Aviation magazine

Pilot #5, a 1947 film
Pilot (Farscape), a character in the science fiction television series Farscape.
Television pilot, often called just a pilot, is a trial episode made to sell a television series. There are also countless series whose pilot episodes are titled "Pilot"
Film pilot: a trial segment used to attract further financing for a film
The Pilot, Part 1 and The Pilot, Part 2, the two episodes compromising Seinfeld's Season 4 finale
Pilot Guides, a travel documentary and guide television series
The Pilot, also known as Space Jockey, an extraterrestrial life form from the Alien franchise.

Pilot (band), a pop rock group best known for their 1975 hit songs "Magic" and "January"

Pilot fish, (Naucrates ductor), a small fish that often swims with sharks
Pilot whale, a whale-like dolphin.
Agkistrodon piscivorus, a.k.a. the cottonmouth; a venomous snake found in North America.
Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, a.k.a. the northern copperhead, another venomous snake found in North America.
Heterodon platirhinos, a non-venomous colubrid found in North America.

Pilot (experiment), a precursor to a full study
Pilot light, a small outlet of gas kept continually burning and generally used to light the larger burners on the appliance
Pilot signal, or pilot tone, in telecommunications, provided as a frequency or phase reference
Pilot (locomotive), the device at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles (also known as a cowcatcher)
Station pilot, a locomotive based at a major railway station for the purposes of shunting passenger coaches and vans
Pilot (icebreaker), the first icebreaker, built in 1864

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