Sentence examples for cockpit position from inspiring English sources

The pilot's cockpit position, also makes it very hard to judge the plane's distance from the ground, and there's another problem – the undercarriage.

Noting cockpit placement.

The cockpit was positioned over the main bearing, behind the intakes.

The cockpit was positioned just forward of the leading edge of the wing and the pilot was provided with a bubble canopy which gave him excellent visibility.

"There should be other things that could give a clue as to what has gone on - the cockpit itself; whatever position the pieces are in; the surface flaps and landing gear.

Because of Lebanon's position as a cockpit for regional power struggles, it also reverberated further afield, from Washington to the Iranian capital, Tehran.It was natural that this latest turmoil should carry echoes of the civil war.

The pilot, bombardier and the dorsal gunner shared one pressurized compartment that was subdivided into the cockpit and the bombardier's position in the extensively glazed nose.

The plane -- a white craft with blue and red trim, wings positioned below the cockpit and wheels under each wing and the nose -- was owned by Flightways, which rents aircraft and offers flight instruction out of its base at Republic, Mr. Roholt said.

Furthermore the positioning of the cockpit even with the trailing edge of the wing gave the pilot a very poor view over the nose and inhibited his ability to view his target and to land his aircraft aboard a carrier, enough so that Brown called it "a disaster as a deck-landing aircraft".

One in the traditional position aft of the cockpit area.

The driver sits in a recumbent position in an open cockpit, steering via a handlebar that is located under the knees.