photo: NASA / NASA/Bill Ingalls
President George W. Bush meets with Apollo 11 crew members (Left to Right) Command Module Pilot, Michael Collins, Commander, Neil A. Armstrong, and Lunar Module Pilot, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. in the White House Oval Office.
photo: US Navy / Photographers Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain
The lead solo pilot crosses by the opposing solo pilot as the Canadian Forces air demonstration team, the Snowbirds perform.
photo: US DoD
An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pilot explains the aircraft to Royal Australian Air Force families during the open house. The pilot is assigned to the 35th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, involved in Exercise Sandgroper '82.
photo: Creative Commons / 350z33
White House at night in 1974, a stolen Army helicopter landed without authorization on the White House grounds. Twenty years later, in 1994, a light plane crashed on the White House grounds, and the pilot died instantly
photo: Ships Photo
Interior of the pilot-house, steam steering engine (Ships Photo) KLeo
photo: Public Domain / Ndunruh
WASP Congressional Gold Medal.jpg
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jayme Pastoric.
A helmsman steers USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) on course from the ship's pilot house.
photo: US DoD / Linda Hosek
FLY GIRLS FOREVER - Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi of California congratulates the women who flew for the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II before all 1,102 of them receive the Congressional Gold Medal for their service at a cermony at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., March 10, 2010. Fewer than 300 pilots are surviving and more than half of them attended the ceremony.
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Timothy Bensken
Deck Seaman Blake Crawford assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) signals to the pilot house.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eduardo Zaragoza
Seaman Erik Pardo stands watch as Helmsman in the Pilot House aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gabriel S. Weber
Quartermaster 3rd Class Jonathan Hall, from Capital Heights, Md. assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), plots a reading on a navigation chart in the ship's pilot house.
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jayme Pastoric.
Operations Specialist 3rd Class Terrance Stokes observes the turnover of Officer of the Deck responsibilities in the pilot house aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eduardo Zaragoza
Quartermaster Seaman Recruit Kabresha Richardson plots the position of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) on charts in the ship's Pilot House.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Amara R. Timberlake
Quartermaster 3rd Class Denise Renteria plots points on a chart in the pilot house of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron Shelley
Quartermaster 2nd Class Lynn Featherstone maps coordinates using navigational aids in the pilot house aboard USS Bunker Hill (CG 52).
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ron Reeves
Seaman Nicholas Pennington stands watch from the pilot house aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88).
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate 1st Class Michael R. McCormick.
Lt. Brent Zito, left, explains the ships navigation system to midshipmen from the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the pilot house aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19)
photo: Creative Commons / Rosser
The remains of the 'black balls' mast. The 'Pilot House' was updated with electric lights, adjustments and re-calibration being made to compensate for the silting up of the riverside tank.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Peter D. Lawlor
Chief Quartermaster George Saxton detects relative and true bearing using a bearing circle in the pilot house of amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19).
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg
Quartermaster 3rd Class Seth Rau and Ensign Tin Tran plot the ship's course on the navigational chart in the pilot house aboard the mine countermeasure ship USS Dextrous (MCM 13).
photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nardelito Gervacio
Engineman 2nd Class Jeffrey Johnson from Greenbank, Wash. assigned to port operations at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, repairs the pilot house window aboard harbor tug USS Kittanning (YTB 787).
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Scott
Lt. Cmdr. Douglas Meagher, acting executive officer of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), speaks with Indian Navy sailors outside the ship's pilot house.
photo: AP / Jeff Christensen
Star Trek memorabilia, including model of the Starship Enterprise used in the pilot and title sequences of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" , left, is seen at Christie's auction house in New York in this, Oct. 5, 2006
photo: US Coastguard / HIERONYMUS, BRIDGET PA3
Washington, DC (Oct 21) -- Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Stiker, an EM1 onboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Staten Island, uses a radio headset to maintain communications with the pilot house during mooring stations. USCG PHOTO BY HIERONYMUS, BRIDGET PA3 (111654) ( PEOPLE (FOR RELEASE) )
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joshua T. Rodriguez
Quartermaster 3rd Class Stephanie Foster from Marion, La. charts the ship's position in the pilot house aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7).
photo: Creative Commons / PatrickKik
PH-KBX, the Dutch government airplane the Prince of Orange regularly pilots. He is an aircraft pilot and sportsman.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steven Shepard
Quartermaster 1st Class Jerry L. Rozier checks the navigational chart in the pilot house of the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) as the ship departs Hong Kong after a routine port visit.
photo: US Navy / Lt. Cmdr. Jane Campbell
The lead and opposing solo pilots assigned to the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, perform a close scissors-cross maneuver.
photo: US Navy / Photographers Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain
The lead and opposing solo pilots assigned to the Blue Angels, perform a close scissors-cross maneuver.
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien
Acting Secretary of the Navy the Honorable BJ Penn greets Sailors in the pilot house aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19).
