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Authorities said they were piloting a boat containing seven adults and a child over Thanksgiving weekend in 2022 when it overturned off Imperial Beach, several miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2023

Hidden in a high-rise, a pair of Ukrainian soldiers watched it all on a feed from the consumer drone they were piloting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2023

Virginia State Police Troopers H. Jay Cullen and Berke M. Bates also died when the helicopter they were piloting crashed into a wooded area.

From Washington Times • Aug. 11, 2022

“The founder was telling me they were piloting this four-day workweek,” Ms. Keenan said.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2022

Draymen were piloting heavy loads through the streets—rough enough in general appearance, but drawn from very unlikely social grades.

From Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake by Alger, Horatio