Pilot (disambiguation)

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

Pilot or The Pilot may also refer to:


 * 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

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

 * 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" (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

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

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 Blue Cheer from the 1970 album The Original Human Being
 * "Pilot", a song by the Notwist from the 2002 album Neon Golden
 * "The Pilot", a 1976 song by England Dan & John Ford Coley from I Hear Music

Businesses and organizations

 * Pilot (educational organization), teaching practical skills in computer science and entrepreneurship
 * Pilot (pen company), a Japanese pen manufacturer
 * Pilot (studio), a Russian animation studio
 * Pilot Flying J, a North American chain of truck stops
 * Pilot Software, an American business intelligence vendor

People

 * Pilot (surname), including a list of people with the name
 * Pilot Baba (born 1938), an 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

 * Piloting or pilotage, the act of navigating by visual landmarks over water or in the air

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, 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), the Russian icebreaker ship, converted in 1864
 * HMS Pilot, the name of several Royal Navy ships

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

 * PILOT (finance), in public finance, a payment in lieu of taxes