1.   If a trainee pilot got into difficulties, a flying instructor would talk him down.

2.   Teaching a trainee pilot to land an aircraft with a failed engine is a hazardous activity.

3.   The trainee pilot and his navigator had so little time to eject that the pilot lost his leg.

4.   A trainer aircraft crashed in a Colombo suburb Sunday, seriously injuring a Japanese trainee pilot, airport officials said.

5.   An Indian air force jet trainer crashed into a northern village Thursday, killing a flying instructor and a trainee pilot, the defense ministry said.

6.   As a trainee pilot, Zuraidi underwent various stages of training and examinations set by the Pilotage Committee of the KPA.

7.   Trainee pilots will fly the small executive jets, equipped with controls which simulate those of large airliners.

8.   Pakistani authorities have released five Sudanese trainee pilots two weeks after their arrest for suspected links to terrorist organisations, sources said Wednesday.

9.   The first Vietnamese trainee pilots were due to arrive in June.