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

When the F-15E came under fire on Friday, the aircrew pulled their ejection handle, which blew the canopy, blasted the seats out of the cockpit and deployed their parachutes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Tested in Singapore in January, the system lets a copter crew launch a drone, control it from the cockpit and receive live footage to locate an area or a target without putting themselves at risk.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Authorities 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. 26, 2026

Aleksandr let himself out of the hatch in the gunner’s rear cabin, but when Nina tried to open the canopy over the pilot and navigator’s cockpit, the release catch broke off.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein