Pilot articles
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Pilot injured after helicopter crashes into Key Biscayne
One person was transported to the hospital after a helicopter crashed into Key Biscayne Saturday afternoon.
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American Airlines Pilots Warn of ‘Spike’ in Safety Issues
The Allied Pilots Association warned of a "significant spike in safety and maintenance-related problems."
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Robert Smalls: War hero who piloted his way to freedom
Many immigrants to America arrived with little but the clothes on their back; others arrived in chains. Even as our history bears witness to the horrors of slavery, it also records numerous men who reacted to enslavement with incredible feats of valor. One such man was Robert Smalls. A skilled boat pilot, the 23-year-old worked with six other enslaved men crewing the Confederate steamship Planter, docked in the Charleston harbor. It was just before dawn on May 13, 1862, and the white captain...