piloted

adjective

pi·​lot·​ed ˈpī-lə-təd 

: flown or operated by a pilot

piloted flight

a remotely piloted aircraft

Examples of piloted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The aircraft will be able to operate well above 18,000 feet, but is designed to work close to the ground in combat with human-piloted military vehicles. — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

The agency has piloted regulations in domains ranging from clinical trial ethics and genetic privacy to biosecurity and genetic engineering. — Doni Bloomfield, STAT, 21 July 2026

Missiles have been fired from drones before, but those were remote-piloted aircraft with a human operating the flight controls from the ground. — David Szondy july 18, New Atlas, 19 July 2026

Yet the lessons of the wars before us are that cheaper, nonhuman piloted systems are changing the balance of fighting. — Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of pilot entry 2

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above