The word cockpit was originally a sailing term for the coxswain's station in a Royal Navy ship,[3] and later the location of the ship's rudder controls. Cockpit first appeared in the English language in the 1580s, "a pit for fighting cocks", from cock + pit. Used in nautical sense (1706) for midshipmen's compartment below decks;[4][5] transferred to airplanes (1914) and to cars (1930s).[6] From about 1935, cockpit came to be used informally to refer to the driver's seat of a car, especially a high performance one,[7] and this is official terminology in Formula One.[8]
Why is the flight deck called a cockpit?
Ground Truth Answers: originally a sailing term for the coxswain's station in a Royal Navy ship
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In an airliner, the cockpit is usually referred to as the flight deck, the term deriving from its use by the RAF for the separate, upper platform in large flying boats where the pilot and co-pilot sat.[9][10] In the US and many other countries, however, the term cockpit is also used for airliners.[2]
Why is the flight deck called a cockpit?
Ground Truth Answers: the term deriving from its use by the RAF for the separate, upper platform in large flying boats where the pilot and co-pilot sat
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