cockpit window

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cockpit
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒk.pɪt/us
/ˈkɑːk.pɪt/
the small closed space where the pilot sits in an aircraft, or where the driver sits in a ...
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window
noun
uk
/ˈwɪn.dəʊ/us
/ˈwɪn.doʊ/
a space usually filled with glass in the wall of a building or in a vehicle, to allow light and air in and to allow people inside the building to ...
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(Definition ofcockpitandwindowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Secondly, they say the problem ofcockpitwindow-space needs reviewing by the appropriate technical body.
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All five occupants escaped through acockpitwindow.
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The bow wave came over thecockpitwindowas we settled and the engines partially flamed out.
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The pilots evacuated through the leftcockpitwindow, while all surviving passengers evacuated through the aft port door.
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The experiments conducted used both frozen and thawed chickens to test thecockpitwindowof a private aircraft.
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After landing the aircraft, he exited the cockpit by scaling down a rope he threw out thecockpitwindow.
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One was located on the front face, just inboard of the right-hand sidecockpitwindow, and the other was located on the left side of the aft equipment bay.
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The charred body of one of the pilots was half-way out acockpitwindow, suggesting he survived the crash and attempted to escape from the wreckage.
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It's looking like thecockpitwindowis iced over and there's no displacement in any of the control surfaces as far as the ailerons or trims.
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The volcanic ash caused thecockpitwindowto be scratched to such an extent that it was not possible for the pilots to see out of the plane.
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This give pilots more time to look out thecockpitwindowand allows them to be able to just take a glance instead of searching around on a map.
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It is used in some aircraft cockpit windows for de-icing or anti-icing by passing electricity through it.
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Cockpit windows on jet aircraft must be able to withstand one 1.8 kg (4 lb) bird collision without yielding or spalling.
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Some of these analogue flight simulators simulated a nuclear flash by using a photographic flashbulb outside the cockpit windows.
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The cockpit windows were made bigger with redesigned layout and more powerful brakes were introduced.
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The cockpit windows had separated and were mostly intact except for the two that had been struck by hail.
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Other problems arose with defective pressure seals around the cockpit windows and sighting blisters, which needed precise fitting to avoid leakage.
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The name of the orbiter was inscribed not on the payload bay doors, but on the forward fuselage just below and behind the cockpit windows.
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An unusual baffle blocks the aft cockpit windows.
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Jet engines may sustain serious damage, however, and cockpit windows are necessarily made of transparent, thin materials and are a vulnerable spot.
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