priyankas24

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Why the oilot's cabin in an aeroplane called the cockpit

blossom123 @blossom123 (134) • India 5 Jul 07

Can anybody say that why the pilot's cabin in an aeroplane is called the cockpit?

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priyankas24 In the early 18th century the term was in nautical use. the term cockpit denoted an area in the aft lower deck of a man of war where the wounded were taken, later coming to mean the pit or well in a sailing ship from which it was steered. It became a term...

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