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Question 5: Why is a "COCKPIT" called a COCKPIT? ... Then we take over with a little steering wheel usually located only on the captain's side, and the "tiller" as it's called, directly steers the nosewheel except now it's a lot more sensitive.
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www.fromthecockpit.com/Top10.htm
www.fromthecockpit.com/Top10.htm
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Questions and answers for the traveling public about flying and pilots. ... USAToday.com featured some of your questions and my answers every week for almost two years (2004-2006) in a column called Ask The Captain.
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www.fromthecockpit.com/
www.fromthecockpit.com/
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Do you know why the pilot's area in a plane is called the cockpit? - question from Sandra ... In addition, the rudder control space from which a vessel is steered is sometimes called a cockpit since a watchman in the highest position is called a cock, and a cavity in any vessel is called a pit.
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SEMANTIC ENIGMAS; Why is the cockpit of an aeroplane called a cockpit? ... As a name for the scene of such grisly matches, "cockpit" showed up in English in the 16th century. By the 1700's, "cockpit" was being used as a metaphor for any scene of combat, especially areas (such as parts of Belgium and France) known...
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www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-14764,...
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Life & style ... Why is the cockpit of an aeroplane called a cockpit?; Name: Home town: Country: Email: Your answer: ... Privacy policy | Terms & conditions | Advertising guide | A-Z index | Inside guardian.co.uk | About this site; Join our dating site today; guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and...
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There are some names for some things which seems strange. ... One of them is the name for the flight deck of an aircraft which is commonly called the 'cockpit'. Does anyone know where it got it's name? I don't think it has anything to do with a male chicken. If it does it that would be rather funny.
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www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/2329714/
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It's cool that Evan got to go help out in the cockpit, but you've gotta wonder why these pilots didn't have this sort of equipment on-hand. After all, all they needed was an iPhone or something. But hey, glad it worked out in the end.
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gizmodo.com/5341675/random-dude-with-a-laptop-called-up...
gizmodo.com/5341675/random-dude-with-a-laptop-called-up-to-cockpit-to-help-pilots-plot-a-new-course
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Impregnable cockpit doors, walls and floors are presenting some problems, according to a report by Air Safety Week, RAN’s sister publication, in the wake of FAA calls to build in methods to defy terrorists in future airliners.
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www.aviationtoday.com/ran/categories/commercial/8643.ht...
www.aviationtoday.com/ran/categories/commercial/8643.html
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Deddy over at idberry sent in one of his latest themes called Cockpit. When I first looked at it I thought, OK another car interior theme. Not the case, as I should know better when it comes to Deddy…he is always trying to think of the next new idea ... Cockpit BlackBerry Theme from idberry...
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www.berryreview.com/2009/07/08/new-cockpit-theme-from-i...
www.berryreview.com/2009/07/08/new-cockpit-theme-from-idberry/
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