cockpit
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The donor said her husband, whose picture is in the cockpit of the Endeavour, would have been very proud — if a little embarrassed — that his name is on the new building.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Investigators on Tuesday released details from the final three minutes of cockpit voice recordings and tower communications, including that controllers had cleared both the plane and a fire truck to cross the runway.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
AFP pictures showed the heavily damaged nose and cockpit section of the Air Canada Express plane, which had arrived from Montreal, on the tarmac flanked by emergency vehicles with their lights flashing.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
The A-10, which has a titanium-lined cockpit to protect the pilot, has primarily seen combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
When she landed, leaped out of the cockpit, and ran, people thought her plane was about to explode.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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