A pilot is a person who flies or navigates an aircraft.
Pilot or The Pilot may also refer to:
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), 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
Film and television
Pilot (2024 film), a 2024 South Korean film Pilots (film), a 2000 Malayalam film The Pilot (film), a 1980 film "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 "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
Notable television pilots named "pilot" "Pilot" (30 Rock) "Pilot" (The 4400) "Pilot" (Abbott Elementary) "Pilot" (About a Boy) "Pilot" (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) "Pilot" (American Dad!) "Pilot" (American Horror Story) "Pilot" (The Americans) "Pilot" (Arrested Development) "Pilot" (Arrow) Pilot" (Awake) "Pilot" (Back to You) "Pilot" (Being Human) "Pilot" (Better Off Ted) "Pilot" (The Big Bang Theory) "Pilot" (Big Love) "Pilot" (The Blacklist) "Pilot" (Body of Proof) "Pilot" (Bones) "Pilot" (Boy Meets World) "Pilot" (Breaking Bad) "Pilot" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) "Pilot" (Burn Notice) "Pilot" (The Cleveland Show) "Pilot" (Cold Feet) "Pilot" (Community) "Pilot" (Cougar Town) "Pilot" (Gossip Girl) "Pilot" (Gotham) "Pilot" (Grimm) "Pilot" (Hawaii Five-0), 2010 series "Pilot" (Hell on Wheels) "Pilot" (Helluva Boss) "Pilot" (Homeland) "Pilot" (Hot Streets) "Pilot" (House) "Pilot" (How I Met Your Mother) "The Pilot" (It: Welcome to Derry) "Pilot" (Jericho) "Pilot" (The Killing) "Pilot" (King of the Hill) "Pilot" (Lanterns) "Pilot" (The Leftovers) "Pilot" (Legends of Tomorrow) "Pilot" (Life on a Stick) "Pilot" (Lost) "Pilot" (Louie) "Pilot" (M*A*S*H) "Pilot" (Malcolm in the Middle) "Pilot" (Manifest) "Pilot" (Masters of Sex) "Pilot" (Millennium) "Pilot" (Missing) "Pilot" (Person of Interest) "Pilot" (The Playboy Club) "Pilot" (Pose) "Pilot" (Preacher) "Pilot" (Pretty Little Liars) "Pilot" (Prison Break) "Pilot" (Psych) "Pie-lette" (Pushing Daisies) "Pilot" (Raising Hope) "Pilot" (Revenge) "Pilot" (Rick and Morty) "Pilot" (Ringer) "Pilot" (The Rookie) "Pilot" (Saving Hope) "Pilot" (Scream) "Pilot" (Scream Queens) "Pilot" (The Secret Circle) "Pilot" (Shameless) "Pilot" (The Shield) "Pilot" (Sit Down, Shut Up) "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) "Pilot" (Smallville) "Pilot" (Smash) "Pilot" (Sports Night) "Pilot" (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) "Pilot" (Suits) "Pilot" (Supergirl) "Pilot" (Supernatural) "Pilot" (Ted Lasso) "Pilot" (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) "Pilot" (Terriers) "Pilot" (Touch) "Pilot" (Twin Peaks) "The Pilot" (Two Guys and a Girl) "Pilot" (Ugly Betty) "Pilot" (Under the Dome) "Pilot" (Up All Night) "Pilot" (V) "Pilot" (The Vampire Diaries) "Pilot" (Veronica Mars) "Pilot" (Vinyl) "Pilot" (The West Wing) "Pilot" (What We Do in the Shadows) "Pilot" (White Collar) "Pilot" (Will & Grace) "Pilot" (Without a Trace) "Pilot" (The X-Files) "Pilot" (Young Sheldon)
Literature The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea, an 1824 novel by James Fenimore Cooper "Pilot" (short story), a 1993 short story by Stephen Baxter The Pilot, a 1976 novel by Robert P. Davis
Publications Pilot (British magazine), a general aviation magazine The Pilot (Massachusetts newspaper), the official newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, U.S. 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), 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), 2011 Pilot (Reuben EP), 2001 Pilot, a 2014 EP by Amber Run
Songs "Pilot" (song), by 50 Cent, 2014 "Pilots" (song), a 2001 song by Goldfrapp "The Pilot" (song), by Double Experience, 2017 "Pilot", a song by Tyler, the Creator featuring Syd from the 2015 album Cherry Bomb "Pilot", a song by Aldous Harding from the 2019 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 "The Pilot", a song by England Dan & John Ford Coley from the 1976 album I Hear Music "The Pilot", a song by Tim Hicks from the 2026 album Going Somewhere
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
Pilot (1813 ship), a convict transport to Australia Pilot (1914 boat), a pilot boat and museum ship in San Diego, California, U.S. Pilot (1924 boat), a pilot boat in Boston 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 , several Royal Navy ships PILOT (finance), in public finance, a payment in lieu of taxes
See also
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)