Engineering:Cocooning (aircraft)

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Short description: Machinery storage in protective coating
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) with polyvinyl plastic for protection.[1][2]

See also

  • Aircraft boneyard

References

  1. ↑ "Cocoon". Collins. http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/cocoon. Retrieved 14 September 2015. 
  2. ↑ "Cocooning the Princesses". Flight. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1953/1953%20-%200226.PDF. Retrieved 14 September 2015. 




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