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A cockpit or flight deck is the area, usually near the front of an aircraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft.

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Why don't airliners have bigger cockpit windows?

A bigger cockpit window would increase the pilot's vision of a runway. So why can't they be bigger? … Note that this question covers cabin window size already, but this question is about cockpit windows specifically. …
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Why don't cockpit windows suffer pressure leaks? [duplicate]

A cockpit window has a similar square window and should be susceptible to pressure leaks.Source:(prosim-ar.com) Here is a Boeing 737 cockpit outer view. … So why doesn't the Boeing 737 cockpit windows suffer pressure leaks? And what modern methods do engineers use to reduce pressure leaks and why aren't square windows used on airliners any more? …
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How long is this part of the Boeing 737 and cockpit?

For the cockpit length is the nose to the bathroom and the back of the airplane is the coffee symbol to the tail of the aircraft. …
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