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• n  the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged

• I wonder if my tailplane has been shot away .

• horizontal stabilizer
• horizontal stabiliser

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• Top Islamist among dead as Libya plane crashes in Tunisia
  Nianou (Tunisia) (AFP) - A medical plane carrying a former jihadist turned member of Libya's first transitional government crashed south of Tunis early Friday, killing all 11 on board, Tunisian and Libyan officials said. The Libyan flag was still visible on the tailplane amid the charred wreckage, which belonged to the Libyan air force. The plane was transporting Meftah al-Mabrouk Issa al ...
  Feb. 21, 2014 - AFP via Yahoo! News