Clearance Horizontal Stabilizer Tail 
Vintage Aviation News
OCTOBER 31, 2024
We eventually packed up the Gnat and after struggles with the Defense Directorate of Trade Controls, essentially the Congressional arm of the military to get an export clearance, we eventually solved that puzzle and then of course Covid arrived. ” The Gnat departed its temporary Tauranga home for Auckland in December 2021.
Aerotime
DECEMBER 27, 2024
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 tail of the aircraft struck the ground and impacted a fence before it got airborne.
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Vintage Aviation News
DECEMBER 15, 2024
For better maintenance access, the small tail of the aircraft could be removed to work on or remove the engines. 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. Today, both X-4s remain in existence.
Photographic Logbook
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
Beating the Odds I called for and received taxi clearance to the museum and started rolling. Dan received the same clearance. Dan received his taxi clearance, then offered that the whole process works better when the chocks are removed before engine start. Mere recollection of the incident was enough to make me blush.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 3, 2024
True, a slightly higher aspect ratio wing was desired, which in turn required a larger vertical tail and thus a little extra mass, but the size, approximately 20% larger than a Widgeon, was set. The Mallard—it’s a trike—has a tail stinger because it otherwise falls on its tail when loading.”
Plane and Pilot
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Planespotters note the F2’s separate ailerons and flaps, conventional tail. Out back, theres an entirely new tail. The previous CTs had a stabilator for pitch, where the new F2 uses a more conventional elevator and fixed horizontal stabilizer. Find your seating position and get comfortable.
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