Depicts an interior view of modern cockpit.

A cockpit or flight deck is the area, usually near the front of an aircraft or spacecraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft. Previously, it was very common to find in the cockpit two pilots, one navigator and one flight engineer.

The cockpit of an aircraft contains flight instruments on an instrument panel, and the controls that enable the pilot to fly the aircraft. In most airliners, a door separates the cockpit from the aircraft cabin. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, all major airlines fortified their cockpits against access by hijackers.

Engraver: Herbert Wähner

At the very top of the niobium "pill" on the reverse is the Etricht Taube, a monoplane aircraft designed by Austrian flight pioneer Igo Etrich (1879–1967) that was first flown in 1910. Below it is an image of the Zanonia, a glider developed by Etrich in 1903 that was inspired by the flying seed of Zanonia microcarpa, a Javanese plant. A portion of one of its wings extends into the silver ring, while a part of the other wing is concealed by an image of Igo Etrich piloting an aircraft and waving, which also extends from the center into the ring. Etrich's signature is shown superimposed over the body of the plane he is flying, as are the initials of Thomas Pesendorfer. Inscribed around the upper rim of the silver ring is the legend "Aviation in Austria".

Ignaz "Igo" Etrich (1879–1967), Austrian flight pioneer, pilot and fixed-wing aircraft developer.

The Etrich Taube, also known by the names of the various later manufacturers who build versions of the type, such as the Rumpler Taube, was a pre-World War I monoplane aircraft. It was the first military aeroplane to be mass-produced in Germany. The Taube was very popular prior to the First World War, and it was also used by the air forces of Italy and Austria-Hungary.

Engraver: Thomas Pesendorfer