Cockpit Horizontal Stabilizer Tail 
Aerotime
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Parts that have been salvaged in the last 48 hours include the right wing, center fuselage, part of the left wing and left fuselage, significant portions of the forward cabin and cockpit, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, tail cone, rudder, elevators, TCAS computer and quick access recorder.
Aerotime
JULY 19, 2024
The aircraft was powered by three General Electric CF6 turbofan engines, with one mounted under each wing and a third located above the rear fuselage in the base of the tail. On scanning the engine instruments, it quickly became apparent that the number two tail-mounted engine had failed.
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Vintage Aviation News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
The restoration team removed, refurbished (or remade) and reinstalled each component from the original vertical stabilizer, one-at-a-time, so everything stayed in alignment, negating the need for a fixture. The team also applied a second coat of varnish to various wooden parts, along with the fuselage assembly and cockpit floor.
Vintage Aviation News
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
In March 1939, a new owner, Alhambra resident Warren Knox Layne, added a tailwheel to better operate from paved runways as opposed to the original tail skid. It shows that the aircraft had border stripes following the contours of its tail surfaces and wings, with a single stripe down the length of each side of the fuselage.
Vintage Aviation News
JANUARY 30, 2025
A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. Note the radome above the cockpit.
Pilot's Life Blog
MARCH 15, 2024
Most Crucial Aircraft Components, From the Flight Crew to the Cockpit, Are in the Fuselage The body of an airplane is known as the fuselage. Pilots navigate the airplane forward in glass cockpits, which are located just over the aircraft’s nose. All of these primary control surfaces serve as a horizontal stabilizer for the plane.
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
Remember that wings, propeller blades, and tail surfaces are airfoil-shaped. It most commonly forms on the leading edges of your aircraft, including the wings, tail, and horizontal stabilizer, as well as on the propeller blades and pitot tubes. Many aircraft have heated leading edges on the wings, tail, and propellers.
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