Cocooning (aircraft)

Cocooning is the practice of coating stored equipment or machinery (typically aircraft) with polyvinyl plastic for protection.[1][2]

A De Havilland Comet 1 of BOAC stored cocooned at London Heathrow Airport after the Comet crashes in 1954.

See also

References
  1. "Cocoon". collinsdictionary.com. Collins. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  2. "Cocooning the Princesses" (PDF). Flight. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2015.


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