General Aviation Horizontal Stabilizer Stability 
AOPA
JULY 21, 2025
The horizontal tail has morphed into a traditional fixed horizontal stabilizer and elevator with an electrically actuated trim tab. The stabilator from the prototype is gone. They also changed the flap tracks, and now they say the force required to deploy the flaps is greatly reduced.
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 26, 2024
These systems can even be found on newer General Aviation (GA) aircraft, such as the Cessna 172, with a recognition light setting activating the ALLS. 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.
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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). Notable Accidents Involving Flat Spins Flat spins have been responsible for several notable commercial and general aviation accidents.
Aerotime
DECEMBER 27, 2024
Air taxi operations, executive jets, helicopters, and general aviation activities have been excluded in the interests of concision. The left winglet of one of the aircraft collided with the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator of the other. There were no injuries to those onboard.
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.
Vintage Aviation News
DECEMBER 2, 2024
In tracing the origin of the Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, one must go back to the development of one of the company’s most successful civilian designs, the Model 35 Bonanza, which first flew on December 22, 1945, being piloted by Beech Aircraft’s chief test pilot, Vern Louis Carstens, and by 1947, the type hit the civil market for general aviation.
Vintage Aviation News
DECEMBER 2, 2024
In tracing the origin of the Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, one must go back to the development of one of the company’s most successful civilian designs, the Model 35 Bonanza, which first flew on December 22, 1945, being piloted by Beech Aircraft’s chief test pilot, Vern Louis Carstens, and by 1947, the type hit the civil market for general aviation.
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