Stone Pilot

For the fictional character, Maugin, known as "The Stone Pilot", see The Stone Pilot (character). For the Edge Chronicles novella "The Stone Pilot", see The Stone Pilot.

A Stone Pilot is a fictional occupation aboard a Sky Ship from Paul Stewart's children's fantasy novel series The Edge Chronicles.

Duties

A Stone Pilot's job is to control the temperature of a Sky ship's buoyant flight rock which itself determines the altitude of the sky ship. The Stone Pilot stands above the flight rock on a platform where he/ she heats and cools the rock using various instruments. Due to the heat generated by the flames used to heat the flight rock, a protective uniform (such as heatproof overalls with a hood and gauntlets) is worn by the Stone Pilot.

Notable Stone Pilots

Ramrock (of The Galerider)
Maugin "The Stone Pilot"

The Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

Main series	The Curse of the Gloamglozer The Winter Knights Clash of the Sky Galleons Beyond the Deepwoods Stormchaser Midnight Over Sanctaphrax The Last of the Sky Pirates Vox Freeglader The Immortals The Nameless One

Other books	Cloud Wolf The Stone Pilot The Lost Barkscrolls The Sky Chart

Characters	Twig Quintinius Verginix

Locations	Undertown Sanctaphrax Riverrise Geography of the Edge Chronicles

Universe	Sky Ship Stone Pilot The Galerider List of animals List of plants

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