The pilot on a locomotive is the device at the front to deflect obstacles (also known as a cowcatcher).
A television pilot is the first episode of a television series. It is usually longer than normal episodes (often twice the normal length). The pilot is intended to get network programming executives, and later the public, interested in the series, and to set the general background of the story.
Pilot is the name of a pop music group best known for their 1975 top-20 hit song "Magic".
Many appliances that use natural gas or propane as their fuel utilize a pilot light , which is a small outlet of gas kept continually burning and generally used to light the larger burners on the appliance. This is now more often replaced with electricignition, such as a heating element.
A pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) is a small fish that often swims with sharks.
The Pilot Pen Corporation is a company whose headquarters are situated in Japan. They are one of the world's major manufacturers of ink-based writing utensils.
