Ever wonder where the name cockpit came from?

https://generalaviationnews.com/2020/09/21/why-is-the-cockpit-called-the-cockpit/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%5BThe+Pulse+of+Aviation%5D+Why+is+the+cockpit+called+the+cockpit%3F&utm_campaign=TPOA-20200922

 

Best CJ

 

That is a very good article IMHO! Cheers. 🍻

I'll go with coxswain boat origin.

I'd think the term came from a seafaring origin too.

The confusing thing about Flight Deck... Isn't that what aircraft carriers have on their topside as opposed to just a ..deck..?? 

Ah Mark, there you go being all "logical" again! 

Personally, I tend to think it was because in the early years all aviators were male, and they sat in a 'pit'... 😜

5 hours ago, n4gix said:

Ah Mark, there you go being all "logical" again! 

Yes. That trait does get me in trouble now and again... 

7 hours ago, n4gix said:

Personally, I tend to think it was because in the early years all aviators were male, and they sat in a 'pit'

You should hear what they are calling the cockpit now that female pilots have made it into commercial and military aviation.  I would quote some here but some female gender parts aren't as acceptable as cock.

But I will give it a try.  P---- Pit and C--- Bucket to name a couple.

Noel

 

3 hours ago, birdguy said:

But I will give it a try.  P---- Pit and C--- Bucket to name a couple.

My favourite is Sn---h Pit

The FAA can regulate as much as they like, but calling the internal accommodations of something like a Piper Cub a "Flight Deck" is as pretentious as calling your car's driver seat "The Command Bridge".

10 hours ago, Moach said:

...as pretentious as calling your car's driver seat "The Command Bridge".

You might get away with it in a Tesla possibly.. 

5 hours ago, HighBypass said:

You might get away with it in a Tesla possibly.. 

Or my new Prius.  I still don't know what half the buttons and pop-up icons are.  I have all these up and down and left and right buttons on a switch on my steering wheel and most of them I have no idea what they are for when they popup an icon on the dash.  And all I know how to do on the 11 inch touch screen is use the GPS.

But I do know how to make it go and stop.

BTW...The car is a year old this month.  Toyota e-mailed me a 1 year service notification.  I got it serviced last week.  Seems like a waste since I only have 1300 miles on it.  Sequestered in your house and no place to go doesn't make for adding mileage to your car.

Noel