noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
open
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In the extreme bow was an open cockpit containing a gunner's position and bomb aimer's station.
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The Canuck had two open cockpits .
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Behind the galley was the mid-upper gunner in an open cockpit armed with a.303in Lewis gun on a Scarf ring.
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The open cockpit made it even more challenging.
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The acceleration is sensational and very similar to taking off in a piston-engined aircraft with open cockpit .
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The difficulties were considerable for aircraft were still primitive with open cockpits , and airfields were very few and far between.
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But in the first few feet the delight of winter flying, even in an open cockpit , was apparent.
■ NOUN
voice
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The lawyers also said they want to get a transcript of the cockpit voice recorder.
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Further studies of the cockpit voice recording also should help, officials said.
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One of the tests is a more sophisticated study of the brief noise heard at the end of the cockpit voice recorder.
■ VERB
climb
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Alcock and Brown climbed into the cockpit , waved goodbye, to everyone and the Vimy set off.
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We climbed into the cockpit to face the morning sun.
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Schumacher was not injured in the accident and climbed out of the cockpit unassisted.
sit
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Not the greatest of air travellers, the policeman had accepted Duncan's offer to sit up front in the cockpit .
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As we sat in the cockpit , the captain hauled his radio over to a Jeep.
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How easy it could be for him - to simply sit in the cockpit of his Foxbat and fly to freedom.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Authorities have said the plane was overloaded and that Reid was apparently at the cockpit controls.
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He shouted at the men in the cockpit to make fast the rope that led to his neck.
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I was pinned in the cockpit in freezing temperatures for three days, unable to move.
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Later that afternoon Joe came back to the cockpit , looking worried.
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Not long before the race started, a fuel leak developed in the cockpit .
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The two pilots sat side-by-side in an enclosed cockpit , with a gangway between the seats and full dual control provided.
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We spent an hour each day in the cockpit and three or four hours in the bleachers watching our classmates.