pilot

[ˈpaɪlət]

Definition:
1. Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.
2. A person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor.
3. A program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors.
4. An original model on which something is patterned.

Use 'pilot' in a sentence:

1. He wants to be a pilot when he grows up.
2. The pilot has logged 1 000 hours in the air.
3. Fighter pilots searched out and attacked enemy aircraft.
4. The accident was caused by an error of judgement on the part of the pilot.
5. You may need to reignite the pilot light.
6. The pilot tried to land his crippled plane.
7. The accident was caused by pilot error.
8. The plane was piloted by the instructor.
9. The article implied that the pilot was responsible for the accident.
10. The pilot ejected from the plane and escaped injury.
11. He was the very model of the dashing Air Force pilot.
12. Luke sat directly behind the pilot and conversed with him.
13. The pilot managed to bring the plane down in a field.
14. She piloted a bill on the rights of part-time workers through parliament.
15. He was an RAF pilot.
16. Flying makes enormous demands on pilots.
17. He spent seventeen years as an airline pilot.
18. The pilot was able to parachute to safety.
19. Someday I'll be a pilot.
20. The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot.
21. One American pilot was forced to ditch his jet in the Gulf.
22. The pilots bombed strategic targets with pinpoint accuracy.
23. They managed to extricate the pilot from the tangled control panel.
24. He gave a vivid account of his life as a fighter pilot.
25. The captain piloted the boat into a mooring.
26. He has just been commissioned pilot officer.
27. Pilot error, to wit failure to follow procedures, was the cause of the accident.
28. I inferred from the article that the pilot was responsible for the accident.
29. My co-pilot suddenly grabbed the wheel.
30. The pilot executed a perfect landing.
31. A pilot must remain vigilant at all times.
32. The pilot escaped death by seconds.
33. He used to be a pilot but now he has a desk job.
34. How does a private pilot get access to the airways?
35. The pilot landed the plane safely.
36. The pilot was waiting for clearance for take-off.
37. The pilot made an emergency landing in a field.
38. The pilot wisely decided to return to Fresno post-haste.
39. The pilot jumped from the burning plane.
40. He radioed the pilot to change course.
41. He had finally accomplished his dream of becoming a pilot.
42. The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control.
43. Many accidents were due to pilot misjudgment.
44. The crash happened seconds after the pilot reported engine trouble.