A supine cockpit is one in which an aircraft pilot is in a supine position to reduce blood pooling in the legs and prevent g-LOC in hypergravity environments. This can enable the pilot to handle g-forces. It is the opposite of the prone pilot.
List of supine cockpit aircraft Aériane Swift British Aerospace P.125 Maupin Carbon Dragon Ruppert Archaeopteryx
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