Science and technology

• Pilot experiment, a precursor to a full experiment
• Pilot light
  Pilot light
  thumb|right|Merker gas fired water heater from the 1930's, with pilot light clearly visible through the aperture in the front cover. The large opening allowed for the manual lighting of the pilot light by a lit match or taper...
  
  , a flame kept continually burning and used to light burners on household appliances
• Pilot signal
  Pilot signal
  In telecommunications, a pilot is a signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for supervisory, control, equalization, continuity, synchronization, or reference purposes....
  
  , or pilot tone, in telecommunications

Biology

• Pilot fish
  Pilot fish
  The pilot fish is a carnivorous commensal fish in the family Carangidae. It is widely distributed and lives in warm or tropical open seas.- Description :...
  
   (Naucrates ductor), a small fish
• Pilot whale
  Pilot whale
  Pilot whales are cetaceans belonging to the genus Globicephala. There are two extant species, the long-finned pilot whale and the short-finned pilot whale . The two are not readily distinguished at sea and analysis of the skulls is the best way to tell the difference between them...
  
  , a whale-like dolphin
• Agkistrodon piscivorus
  Agkistrodon piscivorus
  Agkistrodon piscivorus is a venomous snake, a species of pit viper, found in the southeastern United States. Adults are large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite. When antagonized they will stand their ground by coiling their bodies and displaying their fangs...
  
  , or cottonmouth, a venomous pit viper
• Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen
  Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen
  Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen is a venomous pitviper subspecies found in the eastern United States.-Description:The Northern copperhead grows to an average length of 61-91 cm , with a maximum of 134.6 cm ....
  
  , or northern copperhead, a venomous pit viper
• Heterodon platirhinos, or eastern hog-nosed snake, a non-venomous colubrid

Computing

• Pilot (operating system)
  Pilot (operating system)
  Pilot was a single-user, multitasking operating system designed by Xerox PARC in early 1977. Pilot was written in the Mesa programming language, totalling about 24,000 lines of code....
  
  , designed by Xerox PARC in the 1970s
• PILOT
  PILOT
  Programmed Instruction, Learning, Or Teaching is a simle historic programming language developed in the 1960s.Like its younger sibling LOGO programming language, it was an early foray into the technology of computer assisted instruction ....
  
  , a computer programming language for computer assisted instruction (CAI)
• Pilot job
  Pilot job
  In computer science, a pilot job is a type of multilevel scheduling, in which a resource is acquired by an application so that the application can schedule work into that resource directly, rather than going through a local job scheduler, which might lead to queue waits for each work unit...
  
  , a type of multilevel scheduling

Transportation

• Aviator
  Aviator
  An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
  
  , a person who flies an aircraft
• Maritime pilot
  Maritime pilot
  A pilot is a mariner who guides ships through dangerous or congested waters, such as harbours or river mouths. With the exception of the Panama Canal, the pilot is only an advisor, as the captain remains in legal, overriding command of the vessel....
  
  , a mariner who guides ships through hazardous waters
• Sailing Directions
  Sailing Directions
  Sailing Directions is a 42-volume American navigation publication published by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency . Sailing Directions consists of 37 Enroute volumes, 4 Planning Guide volumes, and 1 volume combining both types...
  
  , planning guides describing general features of ocean basins and country-specific information for navigators
• Pilot (locomotive)
  Pilot (locomotive)
  In railroading, the pilot is the device mounted at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles from the track that might otherwise derail the train. In some countries it is also called cowcatcher or cattle catcher....
  
  , 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 railroad 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
  Coast Pilots
  United States Coast Pilots is a nine-volume American navigation publication distributed yearly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Coast Survey. The purpose of the publication is to supplement nautical charts of United States of America waters. Information comes...
  
  , American navigation publication distributed yearly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Coast Survey

Ships

• HMS Pilot
  HMS Pilot
  Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pilot: was a 14-gun brig-sloop, formerly the French Pilote. She was captured in 1779 and sold in 1799. was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1807 and sold in 1828. was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1838 and sold in 1862. was an...
  
  , one of four ships of the British Royal Navy
• Pilot (icebreaker)
  Pilot (icebreaker)
  Pilot was a Russian icebreaker, the world's first steam-powered and metal-ship icebreaker of modern type.Pilot had originally been built as a steam-powered propeller tug. It had the bow altered to achieve an ice-clearing capability . Conversion had been done in 1864 under an order of its owner,...
  
  , the first icebreaker ship, built in 1864

Print

• "Pilot" (short story)
  Pilot (short story)
  "Pilot" is the title of a short story in science fiction author Stephen Baxter's Xeelee Sequence. Sixth in the anthology Vacuum Diagrams, it is a revision of a story first published as a chapbook by Novacon in 1993....
  
  , by Stephen Baxter
• The Pilot (Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador)
  The Pilot (Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador)
  The Pilot is a weekly newspaper published on Wednesdays in Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador. The newspaper covers the Lewisporte region, as well as the islands of Fogo and Twillingate and smaller communities within the Road to the Isles region....
  
  , a newspaper
• Pilot (UK magazine), a UK-based general aviation magazine
• The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
  The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
  The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1824 . Its subject is the life of a naval pilot during the American Revolution.-Background:...
  
  , a 1824 novel by James Fenimore Cooper
• The Virginian-Pilot
  The Virginian-Pilot
  The Virginian-Pilot is a daily newspaper based in Norfolk, Virginia, and serving the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, southeastern Virginia, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and northeastern North Carolina. The flagship property of Landmark Media Enterprises, The Pilot is Virginia's largest daily...
  
  , the daily newspaper of Norfolk, Virginia and the surrounding Hampton Roads metro area
• Dropping the Pilot
  Dropping the Pilot
  Dropping the Pilot is a political cartoon by Sir John Tenniel, first published in the British magazine Punch, March 1890. It depicts Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, as a maritime pilot, stepping off a ship , watched by the German Emperor Wilhelm II...
  
  , a political cartoon
• The Pilot (newspaper)
  The Pilot (newspaper)
  The Pilot is the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston and claims the title of "America's Oldest Catholic Newspaper", having been in continuous publication since its first issue on September 5, 1829...
  
  , the official newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

Film and television

• The Pilot (film)
  The Pilot (film)
  The Pilot is a 1980 film by director Cliff Robertson and is based on the novel of the same name by Robert P. Davis.The main character, Mike Hagan, is a pilot in passenger service and a candidate for the honor of Best Pilot of the Year. There's only one problem -- Mike is an alcoholic...
  
  , a 1980 film
• Pilot #5
  Pilot no. 5
  Pilot #5 is a 1943 propaganda war film starring Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kellyand Van Johnson. It was directed by George Sidney.-Cast:*Franchot Tone as George Braynor Collins*Marsha Hunt as Freddie Andrews*Gene Kelly as Vito S...
  
  , a 1943 film
• Pilot (Farscape), a character in the science fiction television series Farscape
• Television pilot
  Television pilot
  A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...
  
  , a trial episode made to sell a television series
  • Pilot (television episode), a disambiguation of television pilots named "Pilot"
• The Pilot (Seinfeld), two episodes comprising Seinfelds Season 4 finale
• Pilot Guides, a travel documentary and guide television series

Music

• Pilot (band)
  Pilot (band)
  Pilot was a pop rock musical group, formed during 1973 in Edinburgh, Scotland by the former Bay City Rollers members, David Paton and Billy Lyall.-Career:...
  
  , a pop rock group best known for their 1975 hit songs "Magic" and "January"
• "Pilots" (song), a song by the band Goldfrapp

Sports

• Portland Pilots
  Portland Pilots
  The Portland Pilots were a Class-B minor league baseball team in Portland, Maine out of the New England League. Created in 1946 as the Portland Gulls, the Pilots lasted until 1949, when the New England League collapsed...
  
  , an NCAA Division I athletics program representing the University of Portland
  University of Portland
  The University of Portland is a private Roman Catholic university located in Portland, Oregon. It is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross and is the sister school of the University of Notre Dame. Founded in 1901, UP has a student body of about 3,600 students...
  
  
• Milwaukee Brewers
  Milwaukee Brewers
  The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
  , founded in 1969 as the Seattle Pilots

Commerce

• Honda Pilot
  Honda Pilot
  The Honda Pilot is a mid-size crossover SUV. The Honda Pilot is built in Lincoln, Alabama, and was also produced in Alliston, Ontario, Canada up until April 2007. The first generation Pilot was released in the summer of 2002 as a 2003 model, and in 2006 it received new front and rear fascias, a...
  
  , a large crossover, and Honda's second SUV fully built and designed by Honda
• Pilot (pen company), a Japanese pen manufacturer based in Tokyo, Japan
• PILOT (finance)
  PILOT (finance)
  A PILOT is a payment in lieu of taxes , made to compensate a local government for some or all of the tax revenue that it loses because of the nature of the ownership or use of a particular piece of real property...
  
  , in public finance, a payment in lieu of taxes
• Pilot Travel Centers
  Pilot Travel Centers
  Pilot Flying J is a chain of truck stops in the United States and Canada. The company is based in Knoxville, Tennessee where Pilot Corporation, the majority owner, is based. The company is owned by Pilot, FJ Management Inc., and CVC Capital Partners...
  
  , an operator of truck stops in the United States and Canada
• Corporate Contract Pilot
  Corporate Contract Pilot
  Corporate contract pilot is a classification of pilot in general aviation. A corporate pilot is classified as a pilot who flies private business aircraft. A corporate pilot can be type-rated or certified in multiple types of business aircraft and may fly Part 135 and Part 91. More information...
  
  , a pilot that flies private business aircraft on a contract basis

See also

• Pilotage
  Pilotage
  Pilotage is the use of fixed visual references on the ground or sea by means of sight or radar to guide oneself to a destination, sometimes with the help of a map or nautical chart. People use pilotage for activities such as guiding vessels and aircraft, hiking and Scuba diving...
  
  , navigation using fixed visual references on the ground
• Pilate (disambiguation)
  Pilate (disambiguation)
  Pilate most commonly refers to Pontius PilatePilate can also refer to:*Pilate , now called Pilot Speed, a Canadian rock band formed in 1999 in Toronto, Ontario...
  
  
• Driver (disambiguation)