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Cockpit voice recorder because theres a microphone over the captain, theres a microphone with the first officer and theres two area mikes as well. >> are there different sounds? depending on whats wrong on any given airplane, do the sounds differ depending on whats happening? >> absolutely. >> really? >> absolutely. so you might get a warning horn that will tell you one particular fault. there will be a warning chirp for another fault. there will be a siren for another fault. if the flight manag...

Pilots were there are five microphones in the cockpit. one in each of the headsets and then two area mikes and another area mike and they will on different channels and why thats important if i may is because you not only want to hear what were saying to each other, but you also want to hear any external noises so those microphones will pick up the flaps going down wheels being retracted and difference in engine noises if an alarm has gone off and when you read a report it says sound of autopilo...