Cocooning (aircraft)

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[edit]

* Aircraft boneyard

## References[edit]

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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