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

• horizontal stabiliser
• tailplane

News & Articles

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• ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.23.14): Dihedral
  The positive acute angle between the lateral axis of an airplane and a line through the center of a wing or horizontal stabilizer. Dihedral contributes to the lateral stability of an airplane.
  April 23, 2014 - The Aero-News Network