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cockpit

[kok-pit] / ˈkɒkˌpɪt /
NOUN
pilot compartment
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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

Maven functions like both the air traffic control of battle and its cockpit.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

From the cockpit of the Voyager we watched the shimmering lights of Cyprus fade into the distance.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 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

Zhenya Prokhorova, the aerobatic pilot who’d discovered the mice in her cockpit, was flying one of these planes.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein



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