1.   A jet pilot will happily take off in weather that would ground micro-light pilots.

2.   Both pilots took evasive action and a collision was avoided.

3.   One theory is the pilot took one risk too many on a low level flight and hit the ground.

4.   American pilots took advantage of the clear skies, circling their targets as they dropped bomb after bomb.

5.   And if speed is not enough, the Slovak pilots will take her through some aerial maneuvers, like rolling and diving.

6.   And while pilots take any surface-to-air missiles seriously, the missiles Wednesday never seriously threatened the warplanes overhead, the officials said.

7.   Aware of pro-Iraqi public opinion, Jordanian officials say that Jordanian pilots will not take part in the flights over Iraq.

8.   Airplane manufacturers often conclude that their planes could recover from a given mechanical failure in flight because their design engineers assume pilots would take corrective actions.

9.   But pilots must take physicals every two years, completing a series of eye, heart and respiratory tests required for a third-class airman medical certificate.