A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

PILOT

Thu, 13 Jun '24
Frontier figure
Sun, 2 Jun '24
One in plane clothes
Tue, 27 Feb '24
Cockpit figure
Sun, 5 Nov '23
One winging it?
Wed, 31 May '23
Series opener
Sun, 26 Mar '23
Fly
Sun, 3 Apr '22
___ light
Tue, 15 Feb '22
Spirit guide?
Mon, 10 May '21
First episode in a TV series
Sat, 17 Apr '21
Start of a series