Sentence examples for pilot skills from inspiring English sources

Had they used traditional pilot skills the aircraft [would have been] controllable, but once it was in a rapid dive it was difficult.

Because Air Force culture centres on pilot skills; Army culture centres on deployment to war.

Although suit design was important, much relied on pilot skill.

The competition this year is even more intense as all 12 pilots are using a standardised engine and propeller, intensifying the focus on pilot skill and precision flying.

The technology doesn't entirely replace pilot skill, and the airline maintains a rigorous training program, including an Arctic certification that takes six to seven years to complete.

Pilot skill matters, but even so, a lot of the guesswork has been taken out of flying, says Kenny Williams, an Alaska Airlines pilot who helped devise another system that provides a real-time picture of wind patterns around the Juneau airport.

The F-22 is an even worse step backwards -- a catastrophic one -- in the pilot skill dimension.

The results of the attacks are listed: The operation achieved tactical surprise, but it was undone by poor execution and low pilot skill (owing to poor training).

In a lengthy interview, Sullenberger says "Fly by Wire" left him with the impression that automation is an effective substitute for pilot skill.

No matter the level of training, maintenance, planning, and pilot skill that brought the aircraft to this moment, the fatal outcome of that strike is inevitable.

Yet even with that awesome disadvantage, with wild differences and pilot skill and experience in the GA community, with a fleet mix of old and new equipment, we still see relatively few deaths from flying.