Rather than catastrophic problems, the pilots encounter a cascade of small difficulties that demand teamwork and coordination.

At last, on their third run from Egon to Bromberg, the Paradise's pilot encountered an unidentified reading on their detection screens.

A crash investigation report said the pilot encountered rough weather and could not climb out of the canyon.

He and the other two pilots encountered a massive Soviet force closing on the Second City.

Hawke also occasionally pilots Airwolf to save or protect endangered innocents he encounters, to help friends in peril, or to correct injustices.

The plane disappeared from the air traffic control radar screens when it reached 13,700 feet without any indication to controllers that the pilot had encountered trouble.

If correctly performed, this is a scenario-based discussion that leads the applicant through mental challenges similar to what any pilot may encounter later in their flying career.

The German pilots were unaware of the Defiant's rear-firing armament and encountered concentrated defensive fire.

The pilots encountered similar conditions in the air-and had not been briefed to expect them, or what to do if encountering them.

Asked whether his pilots encountered antiaircraft fire, General Przybyslawski said, "Nothing," then repeated it twice more.