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Cocooning (aircraft)

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

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

See also

Aircraft boneyard

References

^ "Cocoon". collinsdictionary.com. Collins. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ "Cocooning the Princesses" (PDF). Flight. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

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