Why Is An Airplane's Cockpit Called So? - Inshorts

MenuInshortsEnglishहिन्दीCategoriesFor the best experience use inshorts app on your smartphoneinshortsinshortsWhy is an airplane's cockpit called so?short by Sanira Mediratta / on Monday, 5 December, 2016The word 'cockpit' first related to the sport of cockfighting and later started being used as a metaphor for any scene of combat. The term eventually served to describe a space from which boats were steered and was later adopted by pilots in World War I, to refer to cramped operating quarters of fighter planes.read more at The Guardian

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