Sentence examples for cockpit means from inspiring English sources

Pilots still say it is "skittish" to fly, and UAVs of all kinds are much more prone to crashing.Removing the pilot from the cockpit means the UAV has to be wirelessly connected to its controllers by vulnerable data links, whether via satellites or ground-based receivers.

That smaller cockpit means bending over a bit more to fix a baby seat in the back; it also means your tall friends will have to draw straws for who gets stuck in the backseat.

A spokesperson for the airline told The Independent it will not be reviewing its safety process until "confirmed facts" are made available after being asked if reports that the pilot had been locked out of the cockpit mean the airline should reconsider its flight deck security measures.

He still enjoyed flying and made an effort to pilot each new type as it entered service, including the de Havilland Vampire jet, but his irregular turns in the cockpit meant that his skills were generally found wanting.

In the U.S. Air Force, narrow cockpits meant pilots needed pockets in the front of their uniforms to access supplies during flight.

It can get very hot in the cockpit, which means we lose a lot of body fluid.

The Aileron's cockpit is meant to evoke one in an old fighter jet, with an exposed shifter linkage rod, a engine-turned aluminum dash, aeronautic-style gauges, chrome toggle switches and air vents that look like turbine engine impellers.

In a launching emergency where every millisecond counts, the new cockpit could mean the difference between life and death, said Andrew Allen, a former astronaut who works for United Space Alliance, a shuttle contractor.

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — A Brazilian report issued Wednesday on the collision of an American-owned business jet and a Brazilian Boeing 737 airliner over the Amazon in September 2006 put part of the blame on the American pilots for apparently turning off cockpit equipment meant to alert other planes to its presence.

Insidiously the reinforced cockpit doors meant to protect the public from another 9/11-style hijacking amplified the once unthinkable exposure to a suicidal pilot.

Airplane cockpits are meant to be the last line of defense from outside aggressors.