Horizontal Stabilizer Tail Thrust 
Pilot Institute
JUNE 4, 2025
Have you ever seen an airplane with no tail and no vertical fin, but with just a sleek wing? They prove that with the right aerodynamic tricks, you dont need a tail to fly. Key Takeaways A tailless aircraft has no other horizontal surface besides its main wing. Directional (yawing) stability from the vertical stabilizer.
Aerotime
MARCH 21, 2025
The pilot flyingpulled back the thrust levers, and as a result, over the following 5seconds, N1 decreased from 64% to approximately 43%, where it remained until touchdown. The engine thrust was steady at approximately 43%N1, the TSB report explained. The air speed began to decrease, the TSB report said.
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WayMan
MAY 25, 2025
These include: Fuselage Wings Cockpit Engine Propeller (in some aircraft) Tail Assembly (Empennage) Landing Gear Understanding how these parts interact is essential to grasping the basics of aerodynamicsand its one of the first steps in becoming a safe and informed pilot. Its also the anchor point to which the wings and tail are attached.
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 18, 2025
The F-14s unique roll control setup, which relies on differential horizontal stabilizers and spoilers rather than traditional ailerons, provided effective control at various speeds but also introduced side forces that could contribute to spin entry. View of the cockpit of NASA’s F-14, tail number 991.
Vintage Aviation News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
The tail section, minus horizontal stabilizer, came from a crashed TF-104G that was found in an Ontario, California junkyard. The horizontal stabilizer came from a wrecked F-104G. Navy Darryl’s hybrid F-104 was registered as N104RB and carried the Lockheed construction number of an F-104G.
Pilot's Life Blog
MARCH 15, 2024
All of these primary control surfaces serve as a horizontal stabilizer for the plane. Vital Components of a Plane in the Tail Assembly The primary function of the empennage or tail assembly of an airplane is to keep the aircraft stable despite the rotational energy of relative wind.
Aerotime
JULY 19, 2024
The aircraft was powered by three General Electric CF6 turbofan engines, with one mounted under each wing and a third located above the rear fuselage in the base of the tail. On scanning the engine instruments, it quickly became apparent that the number two tail-mounted engine had failed. The plane entered a descending right-hand turn.
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