Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 19, 2025

(image via AirCorps Aviation) The larger, freshly painted parts shown here include the brake cylinders (lower left center), brake pedals above them, the vertical stabilizer fairing on the near right center, and the horizontal stabilizers center tube on the far right.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Rudder Stability Runway 110

Aerotime

MARCH 3, 2025

But since 1971, the airline operated without a single fatality, until in 2000 a failure of part of the horizontal stabilizer on an MD-80 caused a crash that claimed 88 lives. It has not had a fatality since.

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Airline Airlines Horizontal Stabilizer Cabin Crew 201

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Additionally, the team has begun laying out the damaged left horizontal stabilizer to assess the necessary repairs. The aircraft has received new tires, but removing the old ones from the rims has proven to be a difficult task. Meanwhile, progress is being made on the nose cone, and repairs to the left wing are well underway.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Tail 105

Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

A large portion of the tail, including most of the vertical stabilizer and the entire horizontal stabilizer, also broke away from the aircraft. As was seen in video footage of the incident the aircraft then began to slide along the runway and rolled to the right until it became inverted.

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Indicated Airspeed Descent Knot Horizontal Stabilizer 292

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

An Airbus BelugaXL has flown to London Heathrow to deliver spare parts for a British Airways A350 that had been damaged after another aircraft hit its horizontal stabilizer at London Heathrow.

Horizontal Stabilizer 122

Horizontal Stabilizer Stability 122

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

An Airbus BelugaXL has flown to London Heathrow to deliver spare parts for a British Airways A350 that had been damaged after another aircraft hit its horizontal stabilizer at London Heathrow.

Horizontal Stabilizer 119

Horizontal Stabilizer Stability 119

Simple Flying

MAY 8, 2024

This forward-swept horizontal stabilizer, positioned ahead of the main wings, has been implemented across a range of aircraft, from experimental designs to advanced military jets. In the world of aircraft design, innovation never stands still.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Jet Airplanes 105

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Logo Lights Logo lights are lights mounted on the horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft and point upward toward the vertical stabilizer, illuminating the airlines logo. Various Purpose Lighting Searchlights Some military and law enforcement aircraft are equipped with searchlights that are used to illuminate objects on the ground.

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Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Runway Pilot 111

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

A subsequent post-crash examination of the wreckage revealed that components of the engine’s forward fan rotor had separated from the engine in flight and pierced the engine cowling, impacting the horizontal stabilizers and rear fuselage empennage.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 301

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 3, 2024

The aircraft’s wings and horizontal stabilizer required only minor repairs. The restoration project team, led by Ed Vesley, Stan Turner, Tom Calpouzos, and Lisa Sanford, invested approximately 5,000 hours of work to complete the project.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Tail Pilot 124

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. AirCorps Aviation’s CAD department has produced a rendering of the AT-10’s horizontal stabilizer.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Rudder Tail 98

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 16, 2024

The wings, horizontal stabilizer, and elevators will be removable in 30 minutes, as the museum plans on using the original trailer, which it received with the project, to transport it to schools and airshows as part of a STEM program. However, the wooden rudder and elevators need repairs due to warpage and tears, respectively.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Airfoil Rudder Stability 111

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The problem is that the airflow from the propeller goes over the horizontal stabilizer, which produces a downward force (and causes the nose to pitch up). It may seem counterintuitive to reduce your power during a spin. After all, we’re in a stall, and the first step of a normal stall recovery is to increase power.

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Center of Gravity Weight-Shift-Control Aileron Rudder 98

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 7, 2025

Noting that the application of fertilizer and other chemicals often corroded a conventional tail, Pellarini simply attached two tail booms that each carried its own horizontal stabilizer and elevator. While these acted as one, they were not joined at the center.

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Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Gross Weight Pilot 53

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

The most significant visual differences were the T-46’s high wing and the “H” tail, with twin vertical stabilizers mounted to the ends of the horizontal stabilizer that strongly resembled those of the company’s previous jet, the A-10 Thunderbolt II.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Tail Drag 126

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.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

image via AirCorps Aviation) The horizontal stabilizer mounting area almost looks like a piece of furniture. image via AirCorps Aviation) Wooden spacers hold the vertical stabilizer in position as the assemblies are checked for proper fit and clearance. Clear and straight grain is necessary in this application.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Rudder Clearance 52

World Airline News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Based on playback, it appears to be a ground collision between a Delta A350 and Delta Connection CRJ-900 that resulted in the vertical and horizontal stabilizer of the CRJ being severed from the aircraft.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability 52

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Among of the most distinguishing attributes of Albree’s designs were that instead of wing warping, his aircraft were equipped with ailerons, but his signature feature was the fact that he believed in building airplanes with a gull-wing design and a tail section with fixed vertical and horizontal stabilizers that would be hinged to the rear fuselage (..)

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Tail Airplanes Stability Aileron 98

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 18, 2024

(image via AirCorps Aviation) The fuselage has been moved to another area of the workshop to make room in the woodworking area for restoring the wing center section and the horizontal stabilizer. image via AirCorps Aviation) This is a view from the rear of the tailwheel mount.

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Rudder Cockpit Horizontal Stabilizer Stability 111

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

image via AirCorps Aviation) The transverse tube (highlighted by the red box) is where the horizontal stabilizer’s rear main spar tube passes through the fuselage. (image via AirCorps Aviation) A view of the upper frame showing where the rooftop and side windows will lie.

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Firewall Gross Weight Horizontal Stabilizer Stability 105

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Ron commented that “It takes a LOT of parts to make one three cylinder Szekely engine work reliably!

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Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airplanes 111

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

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. Trim tab: The aileron and trim tab work together to counteract any aerodynamic force the plane encounters.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 88

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. Missing its tail, pointing almost straight down, a Van’s RV-7A single-engine, two-seat homebuilt plummeted out of the blue and into the rocky ground.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 86

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 21, 2025

A microsecond later, Eldridge struck the horizontal stabilizer which broke his arm and his neck. The plane was still going over 220 mph, and the air pulled me out.” ” That last ditch effort to get out caused a compound “tib-fib” fracture.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Cockpit Torque Airplanes 98

Learn to Fly

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter features vertical tail feathers and horizontal stabilators made from carbon fiber-reinforced bismaleimide composite. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin.

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Stability Tail Horizontal Stabilizer Cargo 73

Professional Pilot

APRIL 12, 2024

As a result, there now are separate, parallel integration steps for the Kodiak 100 and Kodiak 900 from Stages 3 to 6, involving wing and horizontal stabilizer mating; flight controls integration and rigging; engine and avionics installation; first flight; interior outfitting, and customer delivery.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Flight Deck Stability Cargo 40

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

However, if you take a close look at the inboard upper wing surface of the B-52, you will see a neat row of vortex generators that correspond to the width of the horizontal stabilizer. These were added to manage the low speed air flow over the wings, stabilizer and elevators.

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Airplanes Approach Horizontal Stabilizer Pilot 78

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 15, 2024

The X-4 had no horizontal stabilizer in order to avoid interaction of shockwaves between the wings but had a vertical stabilizer and rudder. It weighed 7,820 lbs. on takeoff and was powered by two Westinghouse J30-WE-7 axial-flow turbojet engines.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Rudder 52

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Lateral control was achieved through wing warping, where the ends of a plane’s wings are twisted by control wires to make the aircraft turn, while the tail held a horizontal stabilizer for the elevators and an all-moving vertical surface for the rudder. A cabane fin was also installed above the cockpit for lateral stability.

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Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Rudder Stability 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2024

The turbulent air hits the horizontal stabilizer, which causes a vibration that can be felt throughout the aircraft. You should always test the stall warning system on the ground to ensure it works. Buffeting Buffeting occurs when the boundary layer begins to separate from the wing surface.

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Stability Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes Lift 52

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Short-coupled with a large horizontal stabilizer, the aircraft was practically a staggered biplane. This odd looking flivver is a 1964 homebuilt Flying Flea. Originally designed by Henri Mignet, this version was built by Louis Dagne Sr in the United States.

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Torque Airplanes Clearance Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Placing the center of gravity ahead of the aircraft’s center of lift improves longitudinal stability. The aircraft’s horizontal stabilizer (tailplane) creates a downward lift to counterbalance pitching moments. Directional Stability Directional stability decides how stable the aircraft is about the yaw axis.

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Stability Center of Gravity Aileron Rudder 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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. Because rime ice forms quickly and has a rough texture, it tends to build up in these forward-facing surfaces that are directly exposed to the oncoming airflow.

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Pitot Tube Drag Lift Airfoil 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

” ZK-RAJ after having its overhauled horizontal stabilizers reinstalled in late September 2024. This put a halt on proceedings until I could decide what the future of the project looked like. I eventually pressed ahead after some great discussions with Paul [Levitt], the engineer and owner of Aero R.”

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Jet Cockpit Horizontal Stabilizer Airplanes 105

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The horizontal stabilizer was attached to the vertical stabilizer, and the aircraft was fitted with a 37mm Nudelman N-37 autocannon and two 23mm Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 autocannons, which gave the fighter enough firepower to destroy an American B-29.

Horizontal Stabilizer 98

Horizontal Stabilizer Jet Pilot Stability 98