Sentence examples for pilot standing from inspiring English sources

The machine was a simple, cross-shaped frame, with the pilot standing on a platform, secured by a safety harness.

Jordan vowed an "earth-shattering" response after IS posted a video online appearing to show the pilot standing in a cage engulfed in flames.

The B-29's reversible propellers were insufficient to slow the aircraft adequately, and with both pilots standing on the brakes, Bockscar made a swerving 90-degree turn at the end of the runway to avoid running off the runway.

A1 Witness Saw Ferry Pilot A crew member who was in the pilothouse of the Staten Island ferry that crashed three weeks ago has told investigators that the pilot was standing upright and alone at the controls right up to the moment of impact, city officials said.

Investigators looked at everything from the pilots' financial standing to their demeanour at Kuala Lumpur airport on the night of the disappearance, and concluded that they were behaving entirely normally.

When we landed in New York, our two pilots were standing in front of the cockpit, holding up our machetes for other passengers to see as they got off the plane.

Gas fireplaces: For gas fireplaces with a standing pilot light (one that's on all the time), make sure your pilot is serviced regularly.

The pilot is shown standing in a square cage, with petrol or another flammable liquid splashed on his orange clothing and trailed along the ground.

In contrast to the first pilot study, dynamic standing balance was significantly impaired during the middle of the night after a bedtime dose of zolpidem 10 mg in the second study.

The ships steadily grew larger just as the pilots' salaries did, standing at $451,336 last year.

BRUCE HEDLUND, who flies wide-body 767s on transcontinental routes as a captain on a major carrier, is one of those affable pilots who enjoys standing by the cockpit door and saying hello to arriving passengers.