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Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Investigating what caused the tragedy

Aerotime

The trim on the horizontal stabilizer – the rear wing of the aircraft – was not working. The airplane wasnt uncontrollable at this point, and was flying fairly stable at altitude, so the decision was made to continue on their route, burn more fuel, and divert to LAX.

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Helicopter that crashed in Hudson River not equipped with flight recorders: NTSB

Aerotime

RELATED Hudson River helicopter crash: what we know so far and who were the victims The agency said that the main fuselage, including the cockpit and cabin, along with the forward portion of the tail boom, the horizontal stabilizer finlets and the vertical fin, have been recovered.

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Loose Screw May Have Led To Rob Holland Crash

AV Web

The screw was found about 10 feet from the wreckage and had red paint on it, suggesting it became jammed between the elevator and the fixed portion of the horizontal stabilizer, which was also scratched and gouged. “The airplane then porpoised twice, pitched straight up, rolled 90 to the left and descended to ground impact.”

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NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on Holland Accident

Flying Magazine

READ MORE: Airshow Pilot Rob Holland Killed in Accident Holland held an airline transport pilot certificate with ratings for airplane single-engine land, airplane single-engine sea, airplane multiengine land, and gliders. Scott Slocum The airplane had been modified for aerobatics. National Aerobatic Championships.

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Tailless Aircraft: How Airplanes Fly Without a Tail

Pilot Institute

Have you ever seen an airplane with no tail and no vertical fin, but with just a sleek wing? A tailless aircraft is a fixed-wing airplane without a horizontal stabilizing surface. With this type of aircraft, the functions of longitudinal stability and control are incorporated into the main wing. Lets find out.

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Museum of the American G.I. Gets a Douglas C-53 Skytrooper

Vintage Aviation News

A forklift is being used to lift the horizontal stabilizer from the fuselage. Hamilton purchased the surplus airplane alongside a former Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) B-25 Mitchell, RCAF 5212 (USAAF #44-30947) around 1976 and had them trucked from New Orleans to Petal, where they were on display at the Mississippi Machinery Museum.

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Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s P-61 Black Widow Spring 2025 Update

Vintage Aviation News

One of the largest remaining components, the aircrafts horizontal stabilizer, is currently undergoing a meticulous finishing process in the museums paint shop. Fabric-covered and treated with layers of Butyrate aircraft dope, the stabilizer will receive a protective silver dope coat followed by its final black paint.

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