Crossword clues for piloting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pilot \Pi"lot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Piloting.] [Cf. F. piloter.]
To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.
Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties. ``The art of piloting a state.''
--Berkeley.(A["e]ronautics) To fly, or act as pilot of (an aircraft); to operate (an airplane).
Wiktionary
n. the form of navigation in which position is determined by relation to external reference points vb. (present participle of pilot English)
WordNet
n. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place [syn: navigation, pilotage]
the occupation of a pilot [syn: pilotage]
Wikipedia
Piloting (on water) or pilotage (in the air also British English) or land navigation is navigating, using fixed points of reference on the sea or on land, usually with reference to a nautical chart, aeronautical chart or topographic map, to obtain a fix of the position of the vessel, aircraft or land traveler with respect to a desired course or location. Horizontal fixes of position from known reference points may be obtained by sight or by radar. Vertical fixes of position may be obtained by depth sounder or by altimeter. Piloting is usually practiced close to shore or on inland waterways. Pilotage is practiced under visual meteorological conditions for flight. Divers use related techniques for underwater navigation.
Usage examples of "piloting".
Set in the backmost wall was a control board and piloting screens, various telltales glowing amber among the mica-washed stones.
Something that had been artificially transferred along with his piloting skill to Carib and his brothers.
Piloting redundancy is a Cislunar Republic requirement, which can be met by the AI.
The quaddie piloting the pusher, a dark-haired, copper-skinned girl named Zara in the purple T-shirt and shorts of the pusher crews, brought her ship smartly into alignment and clicked it delicately into the clamps on the landing spoke.
Kafari flew rear guard, letting Red Wolf do the actual piloting so she could concentrate on coordinating the multipronged attack.
It was quiet in the piloting tower, both pilots at their stations, and the tree, Jela thought, at its.
He had never done such a bit of piloting himself, but he had talked to pilots who had.
But you had a Polypheme piloting the ship with the Marglotta on board.
With Buntec piloting and a serendipitist along, they can hardly get into trouble.
Having now set forth in detail the nature of the science of piloting, and likewise described the rank which the pilot held among the fraternity of steamboatmen, this seems a fitting place to say a few words about an organization which the pilots once formed for the protection of their guild.
Whether describing the launching of a kind of super bullet or the manner in which a house is grown amidst a polar wilderness or the telemetric piloting of a nano-copter, Westerfeld marshals the forces of technology and physics and biology into a veritable word-ballet.
The bell rang, signaling the second mark, and they spun their chairs at the same moment, fingers snapping toggles, minds on the necessities of piloting, and all the words they spoke for some time had to do with that.
He could ignore the viewscreen above his head and pay attention just to the tiny fluctuations of his piloting curves.
The exodus didn't take long, but Killashandra was wide-eyed at the piloting and wondered that the Singers didn't collide with such antics.
Leaving her husband on the piloting deck, Chamal climbed down and helped the others to move to shelter and safety in rocks away from the ship.