21. The pilots would then steer their aircraft towards the target, jettisoning the cockpit canopy shortly before impact and bailing out. 22. The auxiliary wing was attached to the top of the cockpit canopy and to the lower wing by interplane struts. 23. The wing was mounted on a narrowed pylon which faired into the cockpit canopy , reducing interference drag between fuselage and wing. 24. NASA astronaut Theodore Freeman was killed in 1964 when a goose shattered the plexiglass cockpit canopy of his Northrop T-38 Talon. 25. This is why high-speed aircraft have long pointed noses and tails, and cockpit canopies that are flush to the fuselage line. 26. Cowell was flying too low to bail-out and instead jettisoned the cockpit canopy and glided her Typhoon to a successful deadstick crash-landing. 27. The cockpit canopy was also revised to an easier-to-produce, " squared-off " design, which also helped improve the pilot's field of view. 28. The ad's cover is a black-and-white photo that shows the top of the plane and accentuates its nose cone and cockpit canopy . 29. In addition, the V4 had a single-piece, clear-view, sliding cockpit canopy and a more powerful Jumo 210Da engine with a modified exhaust system. 30. Built primarily of wood, the SZD-22 had airbrakes in the wings, a streamline cockpit canopy , short nose and tail skids with a single mainwheel.
