1916 ‘B. Cable’ 132 The 'plane pilot..was well out of range.
1986 Aug. 47 In 1913 a start was made in Kimberley with the training of the first plane pilots in the country.
2004 (Nexis) 11 July (Arts section) The..project was a huge operation.., involving countless cross-country flights and an entourage of travel planners, helicopter and plane pilots, scientific researchers, [etc.].