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cockpit

[kok-pit] / ˈkɒkˌpɪt /
NOUN
pilot compartment
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Audio recordings from the cockpit captured one pilot asking the other why he had "cut-off" and the other replying that he had not.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The report then says: "In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why did he cutoff. The other pilot responded that he did not do so."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

GKN Aerospace’s Garden Grove facility, which sits on 15.5 acres on Western Avenue, designs, analyzes, tests and certifies military canopies, cockpit windows and passenger widows, according to its website.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

While most of the other pilots were interested in aerobatics, Dallin volunteered to take on a reconnaissance mission with a camera mounted behind the cockpit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Radar operators had to help him out of the cockpit.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin



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