AIRCRAFT PARTS
NOUNS
..E20 — SPEELKEN → SPELLKEN a cockpit → UK criminals’ sl.
1900 — GUN the throttle of a car, airplane, etc. → Amer. sl.
1914 — NACELLE the cockpit of an aeroplane
1915 — BROOMSTICK the control lever of an airplane → World War I usage
1917 — OFFICE the cockpit of an airplane → aviators’ sl.
1934 — DUSTBIN the gun-turret of an aircraft, esp. one beneath the fuselage → Brit. sl.
1938 — OBSERVATORY the astrodome of an aircraft → Royal Air Force usage
1943 — PIPSQUEAK a radio transmitter used to establish an aircraft’s position → Brit. sl.
1961 — MOTHER-IN-LAW SEAT the back seat of a two-seat airplane → Amer. aviation usage, jocular
1963 — JUG a cylinder in an aeroplane engine → US sl.
1970 — BOOM BUCKET the ejection seat of military aircraft → US Air Force sl. (Bk.)
1974 — CAB the cockpit of an aeroplane → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1981 — POLE an aircraft’s control column → UK sl.
1984 — DOGBONE the weapon panel in the cockpit of an F-4 Phantom aircraft → US sl.
1988 — GLASS CHIN a window built in the area immediately below and slightly behind the nose of a bomber → US sl.
..L20 — SIM an aircraft cockpit simulator → Royal Air Force usage
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