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35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

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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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Exploring the Essential Sections of an Aircraft: A Comprehensive Guide

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The cockpit, also called the flight deck, is where pilots use electronic flight instruments as part of a primary flight display. All of these primary control surfaces serve as a horizontal stabilizer for the plane. You’ll find a horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, elevator, and rudder pedals here.

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Meet WindRunner: The airplane set to become the largest aircraft ever built 

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The aircraft configuration sees a monocoque fuselage with a raised flight deck above the nose-to-tail cargo compartment below. The tail is attached to the rear of the empennage and is of a twin-tail design, with a vertical stabilizer attached at each end of the single horizontal stabilizer.

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Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. Ensuring Future Success Flight Designs position at the top of the podium looked in doubt. Now, however, after months of effort, production of all Flight Design products has moved from Kherson, Ukraine, to Sumperk in the Czech Republic.

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