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In DC comics, Hal Jordan was a test pilot that became the first human member of the Green Lantern Corps., an intergalactic organization of beings that safeguard the cosmos.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Boeing’s first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and two test pilots still in space, left behind until next year because NASA judged their return too risky.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
Both are Navy test pilots who have flown in space twice, according to Florida Today, part of the USA TODAY Network.
Williams, 58, is a former Naval test pilot with experience flying over 30 different aircraft.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
As described in the comics, Hal was a test pilot who became the first human member of the Green Lantern Corps., an intergalactic organization of beings that safeguard the cosmos, armed with powerful rings.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Boeing’s first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and two test pilots still in space, left behind until next year because NASA judged their return too risky.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
Both are Navy test pilots who have flown in space twice, according to Florida Today, part of the USA TODAY Network.
Williams, 58, is a former Naval test pilot with experience flying over 30 different aircraft.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
As described in the comics, Hal was a test pilot who became the first human member of the Green Lantern Corps., an intergalactic organization of beings that safeguard the cosmos, armed with powerful rings.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
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In fact, the creek's orange color was what led a bush pilot to report the likelihood of valuable minerals there in the 1960s.Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
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It was designed with the help of Alaskan bush pilot Tommy Thompson in 1952.Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
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And Americans who have flown private before are three times more likely to trust private pilots over commercial ones.Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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The supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to write a letter to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission urging that a pilot study be initiated to evaluate the effects of such a change.Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Enterprises are actively experimenting with open models across four broad categories: copilots, fraud detection, document generation and summarization and generative AI chatbots.Thomas Cornely, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Their copilot model forms career lattices that expand both the professional depth and breadth and get multiple brains on client projects for lower rates.Nia Bowers, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
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On Saturday morning, it was reported that Yankees ace Gerrit Cole would be opting out of the remainder of his $324 million contract with the Yankees.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In addition to those five regulars, ace starting pitcher Spencer Strider needed season-ending elbow surgery after two starts.Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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