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pilots

  • plural of pilot.
  • present tense form of pilot (3rd person singular).

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Federal aviation regulators are preparing to mandate the use of technology that would help pilots see nearby aircraft, a fix that safety advocates have sought since a deadly midair collision in Washington, D.C., last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

“Production-scale pilots are now running in Western factories, robotic manufacturing lines are ramping, and the structural drivers behind the theme…are durable.”

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

There’s the recent story of a Black Hawk helicopter getting downed by an Iranian drone, and then the pilots were rescued by a drone boat.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

Russian drone pilots have also focused on destroying Ukrainian drone launch sites.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

There were so many of the Luftwaffe planes that at first the young Soviet pilots thought the black dots in the southwestern sky must be birds.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein