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cockpit

[kok-pit] / ˈkɒkˌpɪt /
NOUN
pilot compartment
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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

Saturday's action was thwarted by wind, waves and an issue with the cockpit canopy's latch not fastening.

From BBC • May 17, 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

It did not, however, contain transcripts of voice recordings from the cockpit.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

The smoke he hunted was not visible but he knew the nose could tell of presences in the cockpit of which the eye was unaware.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy



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