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Everything You Need To Know About Ailerons

Pilot Institute

These control surfaces dictate the aircraft’s roll, and this allows it to bank smoothly through turns or even recover from turbulence. Roll or bank is the aircrafts movement about its longitudinal axis. The aircrafts wing is able to generate lift due to its shape. How Do Ailerons Work? What Is Aircraft Stability?

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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

Aerotime

Air taxi operations, executive jets, helicopters, and general aviation activities have been excluded in the interests of concision. Note: All data included in this article was sourced from Aviation Safety Network, ch-aviation, and Flightradar24 unless otherwise stated, and was current as of December 27, 2024.

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