Questions tagged [cockpit]
A cockpit or flight deck is the area, usually near the front of an aircraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft.
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What design character of emergency mask allows it to be worn by pilots over glasses?
It is established that corrective lenses and sunglasses are allowed in the cockpit
In case of airliners which normally fly very high, risk of depressurization mean pilots must be able to don oxygen ...
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How and when are cockpits cleaned?
It's well known that cleaning the cabin of an airliner in the short time it is on the ground can be a challenging task for the cleaning crew.
But what about the best seats in the plane, the cockpits? ...
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What is this display for on the Embraer E175?
Caught my attention, never had I seen a display in this kind of overhead position in an aircraft. What is it for?
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Why did Airbus mix "colored light means ON" and "colored light means OFF" in the overhead panel?
Disclaimer: I don't have a real Airbus A330 at hand, nor am I a pilot.
After having crashed twice due to icing in rainy weather (not to talk about that here) with an Airbus A330 in X-Plane 12 ...
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What are these two sticks on chart holders?
Many different airplanes feature two small sticks on both sides of chart holders. These can be moved within a limited range. I've heard different versions about their use and haven't found any ...
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The 2 person cockpit rule - what happened? [duplicate]
I was recently on an EasyJet flight and was chatting with the FO during the cruise about flying Microlights and other aviation fun. When he went back to the flight deck, I noticed that the Captain had ...
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What safeguards are there against unintended inputs?
A modern passenger jet suddenly encounters some very turbulent air. The captain, who was just enjoying his toilet break, rushes back into the cockpit. Just as he's about to sit down the plane drops, ...
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What was the actual cockpit layout and crew of the Mi-24A?
I have spent all morning trawling around the Internet trying to get a definitive answer on this. In the early Mi-2A variant with the large glass cockpit enclosure, what was the actual crew and layout? ...
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Why is this placard on a Boeing 737 NG?
I was working on the cockpit of a Boeing 737 and was intrigued when I saw this placard. From what I know this has to do with Citibank being a lender or something along those lines.
Why would this be ...
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What is the exact blue-green color that used to be popular in cockpits of Russian fighters
Does anybody know the exact name of the color that was used to paint all Cold War era Soviet fighter cockpits? It’s a blue green color but I’d like to get the exact color as I’m currently building a ...
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USAF Formal language for Control hand-off
Within the United States Air Force, when pilot/copilot exchange control of an aircraft is there formal, required language, such as "You have control..."/"I have control..." and if ...
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Questions about cockpits
I was looking at some plane cockpits, and I wondered something. We see the F-4 Phantom's cockpit below:
Obviously, very analog. Then, we entered a new era of cockpit design, where we had designs like ...
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Can a prospective pilot be negated their certification because of too big/small hands?
Sorry if this seems a too naive question, I'm a complete newbie in this field. The question came into my mind when reading this answer from another thread (second picture).
There you see a photo of ...
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What are the terrain-following radar modes of the B1-B?
The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a supersonic-capable variable-sweep wing large bomber operated by the US Air Force. One of its "key features" is terrain-following radar and a fast, heavily-...
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Are pilots in a jetliner allowed to swap seats?
I just watched a video about the crash of Air India Express flight 1344
Part of the reason for the crash was apparently, that only the captain was allowed to land the ...
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