Why do pilots sit in a 'cockpit'? | AVIATION WORDS
Episode 53
Welcome aboard flight WU321 bound for Etymology Island. In this episode, Rob and Jess take to the skies and soar through the word origins of a multitude of aviation terms.
✈️ Is it an 'airplane' or an 'aeroplane'?
🐓 Why do pilots sit in a 'cockpit'?
🛩️ Why is English the language of aviation?
🔠 How did the NATO alphabet come to be?
These questions answered – and many more – in a high-flying episode of Words Unravelled charting the etymology of flight.