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A '''[[pilot]]''' is a person who flies or navigates an aircraft.

'''Pilot''' or '''The Pilot''' may also refer to:
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==Common meanings==
* [[Maritime pilot]], a person who guides ships through hazardous waters
* [[Television pilot]], a television episode used to sell a series to a television network
* [[Pilot experiment]], a small-scale preliminary study conducted prior to a full-scale research project

==Arts, entertainment and media==
===Fictional characters===
* [[Pilot (Farscape)|Pilot (''Farscape'')]], a member of a race known as Pilots 
* Jennifer "Pilot" Chase, a character in the Canadian-American science fiction-action television series ''[[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future#Characters|Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future]]''

===Film and television===
{{see also|List of television episodes titled Pilot}}
* [[Pilot (2024 film)|''Pilot'' (2024 film)]], a 2024 South Korean film
* [[Pilots (film)|''Pilots'' (film)]], a 2000 Malayalam film
* [[The Pilot (film)|''The Pilot'' (film)]], a 1980 film
* [[The Pilot (Doctor Who)|"The Pilot" (''Doctor Who'')]], the first episode of the 10th series
** [[The Pilot episode (Doctor Who)]], the first episode of the British science-fiction television series<!--keep listed because [[Pilot (Doctor Who)]] redirects here as a former [[WP:INCDAB]]-->
* [[The Pilot (Seinfeld)|"The Pilot" (''Seinfeld'')]], the finale of the 4th season
* ''[[The Pilot. A Battle for Survival]]'', a 2021 Russian film
* [[Television pilot]], a trial episode of a show

===Literature===
* ''[[The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea]]'', an 1824 novel by James Fenimore Cooper
* [[Pilot (short story)|"Pilot" (short story)]], a 1993 short story by Stephen Baxter
* ''The Pilot,'' a 1976 novel by [[Robert P. Davis]]

===Publications===
* [[Pilot (British magazine)|''Pilot'' (British magazine)]], a general aviation magazine
* [[The Pilot (Massachusetts newspaper)|''The Pilot'' (Massachusetts newspaper)]], the official newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, U.S.
* [[The Pilot (North Carolina newspaper)|''The Pilot'' (North Carolina newspaper)]], a semiweekly newspaper
* ''[[The Pilot News]]'', a newspaper serving Plymouth, Indiana, U.S.
* ''[[The Virginian-Pilot]]'', the daily newspaper of Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
* [[The Pilot (Dublin newspaper)|''The Pilot'' (Dublin newspaper)]], published 1830s–1840s by [[Eaton Stannard Barrett]]'s brother Richard

===Music===

====Bands====
* [[Pilot (Scottish band)]], a Scottish rock group
* [[Pilot (Russian band)]], a Russian rock band

====EPs====
* [[Pilot (Mallory Knox EP)|''Pilot'' (Mallory Knox EP)]], 2011
* [[Pilot (Reuben EP)|''Pilot'' (Reuben EP)]], 2001
* ''Pilot'', a 2014 EP by [[Amber Run]]

====Songs====
* [[Pilot (song)|"Pilot" (song)]], by 50 Cent, 2014
* [[Pilots (song)|"Pilots" (song)]], a 2001 song by Goldfrapp
* [[The Pilot (song)|"The Pilot" (song)]], by Double Experience, 2017
* "Pilot", a song by Aldous Harding from the 2019 album ''[[Designer (album)|Designer]]''
* "Pilot", a song by Blue Cheer from the 1970 album ''[[The Original Human Being]]''
* "Pilot", a song by the Notwist from the 2002 album ''[[Neon Golden]]''
* "Pilot", a song by Ravyn Lenae from the 2024 album ''[[Bird's Eye (album)|Bird's Eye]]''
* "The Pilot", a 1976 song by England Dan & John Ford Coley from ''[[I Hear Music (England Dan & John Ford Coley album)|I Hear Music]]''

==Businesses== 
* [[Pilot (pen company)]], a Japanese pen manufacturer
* [[Pilot (studio)]], a Russian animation studio
* [[Pilot Flying J]], a North American chain of truck stops
* [[Pilot Company]], an American petroleum company
* [[Pilot Software]], an American business intelligence vendor

==People==
* [[Pilot (surname)]], including a list of people with the name
* [[Pilot Baba]], nickname of Kapil Singh (1938–2024), Indian spiritual guru and former fighter pilot

==Places==
* [[Pilot, Davidson County, North Carolina]], U.S.
* [[Pilot, Franklin County, North Carolina]], U.S.
* [[Pilot, Virginia]], U.S.
* [[Pilot (župa)]], a county of Serbia in the Middle Ages
* [[Pilot Glacier]], Victoria Land, Antarctica
* [[Pilot Island]], in Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, U.S.
* [[Pilot Mountain (disambiguation)]]
* [[Pilot Township (disambiguation)]]

==Science and technology==
* [[PILOT]], a high-level programming language developed in the 1960s
* [[Pilot (operating system)]], designed by Xerox PARC in the 1970s
* [[PalmPilot]], a personal digital assistant produced by Palm, Inc.

==Sports==
* [[Portland Pilots]], the nickname for athletics at the University of Portland, U.S.
* [[Seattle Pilots]], a 1969 American baseball team that became the Milwaukee Brewers

==Transportation==
===Automobiles===
* [[Ford Pilot]], a 1947–1951 American-British mid-size car
* [[Honda Pilot]], a 2003–present Japanese-American mid-size SUV
* [[LDV Pilot]], a 1997–2006 British panel van
* [[MG Pilot]], a 2020–present British-Chinese compact SUV
* [[Rover Pilot]], a British car produced 1932–33

====Automotive marques====
* [[Pilot Motor Car Company]], early 1900s American automobiles with the Pilot marque
* [[Pilot Cars Limited]], early 1900s British automobiles with the Pilot marque
* [[Pilotmotorenwerke Bannewitz]], early 1920s German automobiles with the Pilot marque

===Ships and boats===
{{See also|pilot boat}}
* [[Pilot (1813 ship)|''Pilot'' (1813 ship)]], a convict transport to Australia
* [[Pilot (1914 boat)|''Pilot'' (1914 boat)]], a pilot boat and museum ship in San Diego, California, U.S.
* [[Pilot (1924 boat)|''Pilot'' (1924 boat)]], a pilot boat in Boston
* [[Pilot (icebreaker)|''Pilot'' (icebreaker)]], a Russian icebreaker ship, converted in 1864

===Trains===
* [[Pilot (locomotive attachment)]], or cowcatcher, a device mounted at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles 
* Pilot locomotive for [[double heading]], an additional engine for additional traction, motive power, etc
* [[Station pilot]], a shunting engine based at a major passenger station

==Other uses==
* {{HMS|Pilot}}, several Royal Navy ships
* [[PILOT (finance)]], in public finance, a payment in lieu of taxes

==See also==
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* {{look from|Pilot}}
* {{look from|The Pilot}}
* {{in title|Pilots}}
* {{in title|Pilot}}
* [[Piloting]] or pilotage, the act of navigating by visual landmarks over water or in the air
* [[Pilot fish]] (''Naucrates ductor''), a small fish
* [[Pilot job]], a type of multilevel scheduling
* [[Pilot light]], a flame kept continually burning and used to light burners on household appliances
* [[Pilot plant]], a pre-commercial production system used to evaluate new technologies and designs
* [[Pilot signal]], or pilot tone, in telecommunications
* [[Pilot whale]], a whale-like dolphin
* [[Pilotman]], a railway worker who ensures that only one train enters a single track rail segment at a time
* ''[[La Piloto]]'', a 2017-2018 Spanish-language crime drama television series
* [[Pilate (disambiguation)]]

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