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    The empennage (/ˌɑːmpɪˈnɑːʒ/ or /ˈɛmpɪnɪdʒ/), also known as the tail or tail assembly, is a structure at the rear of an aircraft that provides stability...
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    Ashley II was in fifth place coming around pylon 1 when the aircraft's empennage control surfaces apparently separated from the aircraft. The nose of the...
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    A T-tail is an empennage configuration in which the tailplane of an aircraft is mounted to the top of the fin. The arrangement looks like the capital...
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    structure is typically considered to include the fuselage, undercarriage, empennage and wings, and excludes the propulsion system. Airframe design is a field...
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    (tailplane) stabilizers form an empennage positioned at the tail of the aircraft. Other arrangements of the empennage, such as the V-tail configuration...
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    The aircraft design process is a loosely defined method used to balance many competing and demanding requirements to produce an aircraft that is strong...
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    stealthy subscale prototype jet designed to fly without the traditional empennage found on most aircraft. This configuration was designed to reduce weight...
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    as directional or weathercock stability). It is part of the aircraft empennage, specifically of its stabilizers. The vertical tail is typically mounted...
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    horizontal stabilizer, is a small lifting surface located on the tail (empennage) behind the main lifting surfaces of a fixed-wing aircraft as well as...
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  • MADAGASCAR Madagascar MDX Aerosud Charter MEDAIR South Africa MEF Air Meridan EMPENNAGE Nigeria MFL Aero McFly MCFLY Mexico MGE Asia Pacific Airlines MAGELLAN...
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    and a central fuselage. The fuselage typically also carries a tail or empennage for stability and control, and an undercarriage for takeoff and landing...
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    in Linköping, Sweden, while Fairchild was responsible for the wings, empennage, and wing-mounted nacelles for the two turboprop engines. After Fairchild...
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  • is an aircraft with a relatively short distance between the wing and empennage (tail assembly) or whatever is used to provide the force that is used...
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    bands were wrapped around the rear of a fuselage just in front of the empennage (tail) and from front to back around the upper and lower wing surfaces...
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    its equipped price was $24.5M. The aerodynamic design of its wing and empennage, and design of the interior were performed by Gulfstream; detailed design...
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    monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage and a wire-braced empennage. The fuselage and empennage were of steel tube construction, but the wings were wooden...
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    the McDonnell Douglas F-15 or Sukhoi Su-27. Instead of a conventional empennage, the Su-75 has a v-tail similar to that of Northrop YF-23. Instead of...
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    stability. To achieve stability and control, most fixed-wing types have an empennage comprising a fin and rudder which act horizontally and a tailplane and...
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  • Zone 100 Fuselage Lower Zone 200 Fuselage Top Zone 300 Stabilizers / Empennage Zone 400 Nacelles-Pylons(RH) Zone 400 Nacelles-Pylons(LH) Zone 500 Left...
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    structures as all or a portion of the external load (i.e. from wings and empennage, and from discrete masses such as the engine) is taken by the surface...
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    was divided roughly evenly, with Northrop building the aft fuselage and empennage in Hawthorne, California and performing final assembly at Edwards Air...
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    aircraft. The only part of the aircraft that was left intact was the Empennage. Hours later the Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, declared three days...
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    are 80% larger, the nose cowl is recontoured, and the aft fuselage and empennage are both new designs. The basic inspection intervals are 850 hours or...
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    is at the rear of the aircraft. The S-duct is located in the tail, or empennage, of the aircraft. The shape of the S-duct is distinctive and easily recognized...
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    Globemaster III (ailerons, elevators, and rudders) Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey (empennage, ramp/ramp door) Boeing 747 (fuselage panels, tail section) Boeing 767...
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    aircraft use the coat of arms of Russia or the Presidential Standard on the empennage instead of the standard flag of Russia.[citation needed] The interiors...
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    pressure bulkhead Cabane strut Canopy Crack arrestor Cruciform tail Dope Empennage Fabric covering Fairing Flying wires Former Fuselage Hardpoint Interplane...
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    pressure bulkhead Cabane strut Canopy Crack arrestor Cruciform tail Dope Empennage Fabric covering Fairing Flying wires Former Fuselage Hardpoint Interplane...
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    according to Belczak). From May 1977, the Polish factory manufactured entire empennages including tailplanes and the fin, all control surfaces, high-lift devices...
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    inspired by Italy's landmarks, along with the Italian tricolor, on the empennage. All aircraft are named after meritorious Italian sportspeople. The "Alitalia"...
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