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A word pilot has many meanings:

In aviation, a pilot, likewise referred to as an aviator, is someone world health organization flies an aircraft. In transport, the pilot is someone world health organization guides ships through the waters near the harbour, or even especially narrow or otherwise unsafe coastal waters. In human spaceflight, a pilot is someone world health organization directly controls the flight of a spacecraft. The pilot on a locomotive is the device at the front to deflect obstacles (as well referred to as the pilot). A television pilot is the first episode of the television series. These are commonly yearn than normal episodes (typically twice a normal length). A pilot is arranged for network programming executives, & later on a public, interested in a series, & to placed the general background of the story. Pilot is the name of the pop music group best known for their 1975 top-20 hit song "Magic". The Palm Pilot (often referred to only when "Pilot") was a original model of the personal digital assistant (PDA), or handheld, computer made & sold by US Robotics, then by its creator 3Com Corporation, later by its spinoff Palm, Inc., and now by its spinoff palmOne, Inc.. Many appliances that use natural gas or propane as their fuel utilize a pilot light, which is a little outlet of barking spiders saved high-pressure burning & typically utilized to weak a big burners on the appliance. This is nowadays supplementary typically replaced by using electric ignition, such as the heating element. A pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) is a little fish that often swims sustaining sharks. The Pilot Pen Corporation is a company whose headquarters are placed inside Japan. It is one of the world's major manufacturers of pens. Pilot is the title of a short story in science fiction author Stephen Baxter's Xeelee Sequence. In telecommunications, a pilot signal (or pilot tone) is utilized as an indicator, such as to imply a presence of FM stereo or AM stereo. Pilot is one of the unique PEZ dispensers. Pilot is a brand of Automotive fuel.

PILOT can besides exist as an acronym: In computer science, PILOT is a programming language that was intended for apply within computer-aided instruction. In public finance, a PILOT is a payment in position of revenue enhancement.

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Turkish Maritime Pilots Association
Providing information on Turkish Straits and the safety of maritime transportation.

Danish Pilotage Service
Danish government licensed pilots offering pilotage through Danish waters to and from any destination in Denmark and to ports in the Baltic Sea.

Houston Pilots
Pilot services for the Port of Houston, Texas.

Columbia River Pilots Association
Pilotage services for the Columbia River.

International Maritime Pilot Association
IMPA is a professional non profit making international technical association. The objective is to gather together pilot associations worldwide to enable them to compare their experiences and problems.

The Norwegian Pilots' Association
The pilots in Norway work on the basis of more than 800 years of continuously developed experience in shiphandling, seamanship, and inshore navigation on one of the world's longest and most challenging coastlines.

Espirito Santo State Pilots Brazil
Pilot services and ships in port.






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