Sentence examples for pilot landing from inspiring English sources
The procedure was done by a heart surgeon and former Rhodes scholar who seemed as focused to me as a fighter pilot landing on an aircraft carrier in a storm.
But the Internet's native mood is alarmism, and it's easy to find videos of journeys that went less well — whether it's footage of a pilot landing in strong crosswinds or in a rainstorm.
A pilot landing a plane there in winter, when it is dark 24 hours a day, would be flying blind "because you can't install lights under the ice," he said.
A writer of muscular words and stark images, Jones sets up his scenes like film shots: the daredevil maneuvers of a bush pilot landing on a lake; herds of caribou crossing the mountains to winter grounds; a body floating gently on the current of a stream, its flesh eaten by pike.
The privately-chartered jet carrying Mr Muazu was in the air for a number of hours, but it is believed the Nigerian authorities did not give the pilot landing rights.
They were to be commanded by the senior pilot landing on that airfield, irrespective of their unit.
On screen, an American pilot lands in enemy territory.
The second pilot landed safely, said John Clabes, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman.
"Mental models" helped the pilot land the plane.
Every time a pilot lands or takes off, a curbside audience is watching.
The pilot landed the plane expertly and switched off the engines.
