Aerotime

MARCH 21, 2025

Touchdown The TSB explained that as the Delta Connections flight reached touchdown the side-stay attached to the right MLG fractured, the landing gear folded into the retracted position, the wing root fractured between the fuselage and the landing gear, and the wing detached from the fuselage, releasing a cloud of jet fuel, which caught fire.

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Indicated Airspeed Descent Knot Horizontal Stabilizer 245

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

While commercial airliners are made up of millions of individual components, the foundation of every airplanewhether a Boeing jet or a training aircraft like a Cessna 172 starts with the same key parts. Regardless of placement, the principle remains the same: wings generate the lift that makes flight possible.

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Lift Thrust Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 52

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

The cockpit, also called the flight deck, is where pilots use electronic flight instruments as part of a primary flight display. 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.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

The airlines use their high-fidelity flight simulators to great advantage, and when combined with stick shakers, multicrew flight decks, and low-speed and stall-warning systems, the training is excellent. These were added to manage the low speed air flow over the wings, stabilizer and elevators.

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Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Approach Pilot 83