piloted
Guided through air
Piloted means guided or operated, typically referring to aircraft, ships, or other vehicles: She piloted the helicopter through the storm.
It extends to steering anything through difficulty: He piloted the legislation through committee.
A piloted program or project is one tested on a small scale before wider implementation: The company piloted the new software in three offices.
Guided or commanded
- steeredControlled direction of travel
- navigatedDirected one's course
- directedGave guidance or orders
- shepherdedGuided a group carefully
maneuvered · commanded · helmed · captained · guided · conducted · escorted · charted
Pilot's control compartment
- takeoffDeparture or parody
- landingDescent's final moment
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- airspeedAircraft's atmospheric velocity
fuselage · turbulence · aerodynamics · jet · propeller · hangar · runway · airspace
led
Guided or commanded
shepherded · maneuvered · commanded · helmed · captained · guided · conducted · escorted · charted · test-drove
cockpit
Pilot's control compartment
airspeed · fuselage · turbulence · aerodynamics · jet · propeller · hangar · runway · airspace · aviator
yoke
Crosspiece binding draft animals
aileron · flaps · trim · dashboard · instrumentation · avionics · altimeter · gyroscope · hydraulics · actuator
helm
Vessel's steering mechanism
yacht · captain · skipper · navigator · steersman · coxswain · tiller · wheelhouse · bridge · schooner
- ledled, commanded, directed, governed, guided
- launcheslaunch, launched, rocket launch, blast off, satellite launch
pilotedunpiloted
Operating without human aboard
followed · autonomous · self-driving · automated · unmanned
pilotedungoverned
Lacking control or authority
unregulated · unmanaged · unsupervised · undirected · neglected
- test pilotAviator who evaluates new aircraft
- fighter pilotAirborne military combatant
- pilot whalesBulbous-headed toothed cetaceans
- pilot lightContinuous ignition source
- airline pilotCommercial aircraft operator
- pilot episodeFirst episode testing viability
pilot, piloting, pilots, autopilot, co-pilot, pilotage, autopilots, pilothouse, pilothouses