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The Encyclopedia of Aviation
Cockpit
The cockpit is where the pilot controls the plane using the instruments and not the kind that plays music. Some of those instruments are airspeed indicators, altimeter, altitude indicator, heading indicator, turn coordinator and vertical speed indicator. All those things are on a panel in the cockpit and most airliners have a door that separates the cockpit from the cabin. The cockpit controls everything on the plane and how it moves, but do you know what part of the plane makes it turn?


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