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tailplane /ˈteɪlpleɪn /noun BritishA horizontal aerofoil at the tail of an aircraft.While dimensionally and aerodynamically identical to the original tailplane, the new tail slashes the parts count from 240 parts to only 60....- In a hangar at the famous wartime air base of Duxford, near Cambridge, fuselages, wings, tailplanes and assorted struts and piping are carefully cleaned, X-rayed, repaired and tested by Historic Flying's engineers.
- These follow-on tests might only be conducted on specific sections of the aircraft - such as a tailplane or wing - to gather additional information if operations indicated they were needed.
Rhymes sailplane |