The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on its radio station that the pilot was Stefan Nikolian, and he was flying a civilian training plane.

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The following year Lagasse jumped from the frying pan into the fire when he was asked to host a pilot cooking show for a new cable station, the Food Network.

CNN: Celeb chef stirs up a passion for food

According to the organisation, the setting up of Enniskillen lifeboat station is part of a pilot scheme to extend its lifesaving skills by providing a rescue service on large expanses of inland waters.

BBC: Inland lifeboat station opens

After returning and graduating from Purdue, Neil applied to become a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base.

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In a nondescript building, down a largely unmarked hallway, is a series of rooms, each with a rack of servers and a "ground control station, " or GCS. There, a drone pilot and a sensor operator sit in their flight suits in front of a series of screens.

CNN: Computer virus hits U.S. drone fleet

It happened when the pilot of a TAM Airbus A320 overshot the rain-soaked runway and slammed into a gas station and a TAM building.

NPR: Brazilian Prosecutors Seek to Close Airport After Crash

Tom Frosch, the Blue Angels lead pilot and team commander, announced the news late Tuesday at the team's Pensacola Naval Air Station headquarters while standing in front of the one of the iconic blue-and-gold jets.

NPR: Federal Budget Cuts Ground Air Force Aircraft

Eventually, though, with a lot of hard work and some help from a local TV station that rallied park users to her cause, the public agency agreed to a one-year pilot of her idea.

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