Missing: Cockpits on ships! Scriberius 12:19, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know the origin of the term? I've heard comment that a "cockpit" is renamed a "box office" when the entire flight crew is female. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.185.113.36 ( talk) 23:05, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
1587, "a pit for fighting cocks." Used in nautical sense (1706) for midshipmen's compartment below decks; transferred to airplanes (1914) and to cars (1930s).
I am not sure the source but I recall reading that one of the Royal Navy's headquarters (maybe even the current one) was nicknamed the cockpit (or cock pit) because it had been built on the site where cock fights were held - a cock fighting pit. The name was then transferred to the junior officer's (midshipmen's) quarters aboard the Royal Navy's warships, whence it was then transferred to small boats, and from there to aircraft - thus linking it back to birds again. NiD.29 ( talk) 00:39, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
I think this article could do with a little rework. Most particularly to put the description of a cockpit as the control section of an airplane back at the top as the primary meaning. Then the discussion on cockfighting and naval meanings can be moved down to separate section with a more historical context. It was this edit back in July 2004 that gave primacy to the origin of the word as a pit for cockfighting.
As it is, the article is probably not what most readers are expecting. -- Solipsist 11:29, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Since the first recorded use of cockpit for Airplanes was 1914, could there have been a fighting connotation in the origin during WWI? -- 192.28.2.17 15:57, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
I was going to ask for thoughts on moving the content of this page to Cockpit (aviation) and use this title space for the disambiguatuion, however in view of the above discussion, what would the reaction be to keep the history here and to move aircraft specific details to a new Cockpit (aviation) page. KTo288 ( talk) 11:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
-I am interested where the word actually derrived from? I read about the RAF but why "cock pit"? The pit is obvious but why cock? Is that short for somthing? Does an;yone have a idea? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.254.14.38 ( talk) 17:05, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Hope that would answer your question: The original term 'cockpit' is actually derived from the literal cock-fighting pits (a sunken ring-like fighting area for two ill-tempered animals, usually chickens / roosters) prevalent throughout history (for sport until banned as illegal in most countries). The sunken-tub like shape that were found in the original aircraft were said to be reminiscent of these fighting arenas, thus the name stuck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.156.159.125 ( talk) 22:16, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
The article should discribe the seating in a dual or tandem cockpit. Does the copilot sit on the left or right? In a military tandem cockpit, does the navigator sit in the front or the back? How about trainees and instructors? Are all controls duplicated? if not, where are the single controls located? -- Petri Krohn ( talk) 16:16, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Say if the pilot sits on the left, and the co-pilot on the right.
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Missing: Cockpits on ships! Scriberius 12:19, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know the origin of the term? I've heard comment that a "cockpit" is renamed a "box office" when the entire flight crew is female. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.185.113.36 ( talk) 23:05, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
1587, "a pit for fighting cocks." Used in nautical sense (1706) for midshipmen's compartment below decks; transferred to airplanes (1914) and to cars (1930s).
I am not sure the source but I recall reading that one of the Royal Navy's headquarters (maybe even the current one) was nicknamed the cockpit (or cock pit) because it had been built on the site where cock fights were held - a cock fighting pit. The name was then transferred to the junior officer's (midshipmen's) quarters aboard the Royal Navy's warships, whence it was then transferred to small boats, and from there to aircraft - thus linking it back to birds again. NiD.29 ( talk) 00:39, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
I think this article could do with a little rework. Most particularly to put the description of a cockpit as the control section of an airplane back at the top as the primary meaning. Then the discussion on cockfighting and naval meanings can be moved down to separate section with a more historical context. It was this edit back in July 2004 that gave primacy to the origin of the word as a pit for cockfighting.
As it is, the article is probably not what most readers are expecting. -- Solipsist 11:29, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Since the first recorded use of cockpit for Airplanes was 1914, could there have been a fighting connotation in the origin during WWI? -- 192.28.2.17 15:57, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
I was going to ask for thoughts on moving the content of this page to Cockpit (aviation) and use this title space for the disambiguatuion, however in view of the above discussion, what would the reaction be to keep the history here and to move aircraft specific details to a new Cockpit (aviation) page. KTo288 ( talk) 11:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
-I am interested where the word actually derrived from? I read about the RAF but why "cock pit"? The pit is obvious but why cock? Is that short for somthing? Does an;yone have a idea? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.254.14.38 ( talk) 17:05, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Hope that would answer your question: The original term 'cockpit' is actually derived from the literal cock-fighting pits (a sunken ring-like fighting area for two ill-tempered animals, usually chickens / roosters) prevalent throughout history (for sport until banned as illegal in most countries). The sunken-tub like shape that were found in the original aircraft were said to be reminiscent of these fighting arenas, thus the name stuck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.156.159.125 ( talk) 22:16, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
The article should discribe the seating in a dual or tandem cockpit. Does the copilot sit on the left or right? In a military tandem cockpit, does the navigator sit in the front or the back? How about trainees and instructors? Are all controls duplicated? if not, where are the single controls located? -- Petri Krohn ( talk) 16:16, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Say if the pilot sits on the left, and the co-pilot on the right.
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