Horizontal Stabilizer Rudder Runway 
Flying Magazine
MAY 2, 2025
EDT, Holland was cleared to land on Runway 08 at Langley. According to witness statements given to the NTSB, “the airplane made a normal approach to the runway, and when it was over the end of the runway, it leveled off about 50 [feet] above the runway and flew straight down the runway for several hundred feet.
Vintage Aviation News
MARCH 19, 2025
(image via AirCorps Aviation) The larger, freshly painted parts shown here include the brake cylinders (lower left center), brake pedals above them, the vertical stabilizer fairing on the near right center, and the horizontal stabilizers center tube on the far right. The landing gear components were test-fitted before painting.
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Vintage Aviation News
JANUARY 30, 2025
A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. But lets not forget its big advantage!
WayMan
MAY 25, 2025
Empennage: The Tail Assembly Located at the back of the aircraft, the empennage (or tail assembly ) includes the vertical stabilizer , horizontal stabilizer , rudder , and elevator. These parts help the aircraft maintain its stability in flight.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 30, 2025
There are gap seals between the elevator and horizontal stabilizer, and the rudder and vertical stabilizer. The pushrod ailerons are solid and quick, and nicely harmonized with the elevator and rudder. None had trouble keeping the airplane relatively near the runway centerline on rollout.
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 2, 2025
He said that as he approached the airport, the reported weather indicated the wind was aligned with the runway. The pilot attempted to correct but when the wing came back down the airplane veered off the left side of the runway and the right main landing gear collapsed. During the rollout, the wind shifted, and the right wing rose.
Photographic Logbook
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
We originally planned a flight to Vermont for lunch at the Red Mill Restaurant located alongside the magnificent grass runway at Basin Harbor (B06). Softened by excessive rain, the runway was NOTAMed closed. Short-coupled with a large horizontal stabilizer, the aircraft was practically a staggered biplane.
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