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

Aerotime

Haynes took the controls and, noting the same control issues, reduced thrust on the number one engine, which resulted in the aircraft rolling out in a wings-level attitude, giving the crew critical time to evaluate the dire situation Flight 232 was facing. The plane entered a descending right-hand turn.

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The Fastest Warbird: Darryl Greenamyer and the RB-104 “Red Baron”

Vintage Aviation News

The tail section, minus horizontal stabilizer, came from a crashed TF-104G that was found in an Ontario, California junkyard. The horizontal stabilizer came from a wrecked F-104G. Navy Darryl’s hybrid F-104 was registered as N104RB and carried the Lockheed construction number of an F-104G.

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Exploring the Essential Sections of an Aircraft: A Comprehensive Guide

Pilot's Life Blog

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. The engine creates thrust by burning fuel. You’ll find them on either the leading edge or trailing edge of the wing.

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Power-on Stall: How to Recover

Pilot Institute

Stalling with a high-power setting takes more effort since there is thrust and a high-energy slipstream from the propeller, which prevents boundary layer separation. The turbulent air hits the horizontal stabilizer, which causes a vibration that can be felt throughout the aircraft. Buffeting is like flying in rough, choppy air.

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Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

From the pilot’s seat it cruises near effortlessly and handles nimbly on land or water with a great combination of stability and modest control pressures. Just recognizable in the background is a horizontal stabilizer and one-piece elevator.

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

Aerotime

The left winglet of one of the aircraft collided with the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator of the other. The aircraft sustained damage to the leading edge of the right-hand horizontal stabilizer and was subsequently repaired. The copilot selected the thrust reversers. degrees, the vertical load 2.47g.

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