31.   When demand for military pilots declined, so did the supply of cut-price labor.

32.   Passenger jets have been hijacked from Sudan, but there have been no reports in recent years of military pilots defecting with their planes.

33.   Prosecutors recommended a six-year sentence for Roca, a former military pilot and son of late Cuban Communist Party leader Blas Roca.

34.   A five-member tribunal tried Roca, a former military pilot, and three others behind closed doors the first week of March.

35.   A decorated former military pilot met his match when he faced off in court against a neighbor, rock guitarist Jimmy Page.

36.   A Bahraini military pilot who defected to neighboring Qatar was granted asylum Tuesday, a Foreign Ministry official said.

37.   A military pilot who flew over the crash site after the accident could see only smoldering debris and no sign of life, Vallon said.

38.   Also inducted into the hall of fame were World War II combat pilot Thomas McGuire and military pilot Laurence Craigie.

39.   Al-Oda, a retired military pilot who trained in the United States, heads a private group formed to assist the suspected al-Qaida members.

40.   And the league has been critical of a recent agreement by Turkey to allow Israel the use of its airspace for training military pilots.