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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 letter...
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    Empennage (redirect from Tail assembly)
    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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    fuselage (a configuration termed "conventional tail"). Other configurations, such as T-tail or twin tail, are sometimes used instead. Vertical stabilizers...
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    turkey's tail feathers, T. versicolor is most commonly referred to as turkey tail. A similar-looking mushroom commonly called "false turkey tail" is from...
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    The Raytheon T-1 Jayhawk is a twin-engined jet aircraft used by the United States Air Force for advanced pilot training. T-1A students go on to fly airlift...
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    The V-tail or vee-tail (sometimes called a butterfly tail or Rudlicki's V-tail[citation needed]) of an aircraft is an unconventional arrangement of the...
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    Tailplane (redirect from Tail-wing)
    known as a horizontal stabilizer, is a small lifting surface located on the tail (empennage) behind the main lifting surfaces of a fixed-wing aircraft as...
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    Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (category T-tail aircraft)
    XF-104 was flying chase to observe, and encountered violent T-tail flutter that caused the tail to separate from the aircraft. The test pilot of the XF-104...
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    Robert T. & Edward J. Ray (15 November 1965). "A Systematic Study of the Factors Contributing to Post-Stall Longitudinal Stability of T-Tail Transport...
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    changes to the rear fuselage to accommodate a new T-tail (in place of the 100's conventional tail with all-moving trimmable horizontal stabilizer) and...
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    100 series developed in the 1960s are known as King Airs, while the later T-tail Model 200 and 300 series were originally marketed as Super King Airs, with...
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    Handley Page Victor (category T-tail aircraft)
    Distinguishing features of the Victor were its highly swept T-tail with considerable dihedral on the tail planes, and a prominent chin bulge that contained the...
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    Beechcraft Duchess (category T-tail aircraft)
    all-metal low-wing monoplane with retractable tricycle landing gear and a T-tail. It seats four. The design used components and the bonded wing construction...
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    and SpaceShipOne. The V-22 Osprey uses a twin tail arrangement. Cruciform tail Pelikan tail T-tail V-tail Schiff, Barry: Flying, page 15. Golden Press...
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  • incorporates 95% composite material, is powered by two electric motors, and has a T-tail. The prototype first flew on 27 September 2022. Eviation was founded in...
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    this configuration for their first Flyer. They were suspicious of the aft tail because Otto Lilienthal had been killed in a glider with one. The Wrights...
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    Boeing 727 (category T-tail aircraft)
    the 727 is powered by Pratt & Whitney JT8D low-bypass turbofans below a T-tail, one on each side of the rear fuselage and a center one fed through an S-duct...
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    Beechcraft 1900 (category T-tail aircraft)
    overcoming T-tail blanking when the aircraft is in higher angles of attack. Additional fins for yaw stability were installed on the tail for 1900Ds,...
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    Gulfstream V (category T-tail aircraft)
    has thrust reversers and composite flight control surfaces. The horizontal tail area is 30% larger, wingspan is increased from 74.6 to 93.5 ft (22.7 to 28...
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  • subroutine, the subroutine is said to be tail recursive, which is a special case of direct recursion. Tail recursion (or tail-end recursion) is particularly useful...
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    Ilyushin Il-62 (category T-tail aircraft)
    fitted in twinned/paired nacelles by the sides of, and beneath, a T-shaped empennage (T-tail). In the case of Ilyushin, the configuration was dictated by TsAGI...
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    Lockheed C-141 Starlifter (category T-tail aircraft)
    basic configuration, the Model 300 was a large airlifter, furnished with a T-tail and a high-mounted swept wing, under which a total of four pod-mounted TF33...
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    British Aerospace 146 (category T-tail aircraft)
    program. The BAe 146/Avro RJ is a high-wing cantilever monoplane with a T-tail. It has four geared turbofan engines mounted on pylons underneath the wings...
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    312 sq ft (29 m2) swept wing for a 22,000 lb (10 t) MTOW and a 2,350 nmi (4,350 km) range, a T-tail and two 3,650–4,080 lbf (16.2–18.1 kN) TFE731 turbofans...
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    Bombardier Challenger 600 series (category T-tail aircraft)
    after Bill Lear was phased out, and the original conventional tail was changed for a T-tail among other developments. The first prototype was rolled out...
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  • Hawker Siddeley P.1017 (category T-tail aircraft)
    nose/tail sections of the fuselage, and main engine nacelles with a nozzle that could deviate to change the thrust vectoring. The aircraft had a T-shaped...
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    forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail. The term taildragger is also used. The term "conventional" persists for...
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    Cessna Citation X (category T-tail aircraft)
    m2) for a fast Mach 0.935 MMO and a 36,600 lb (16.6 t) MTOW for a 3,460 nmi (6,408 km) range, a T-tail and two 7,034 lbf (31.29 kN) AE3007 turbofans. After...
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    Hawker Siddeley Trident (category T-tail aircraft)
    rear-mounted Rolls-Royce Spey low-bypass turbofans, it has a low swept wing and a T-tail. Advanced avionics allowed it to be the first airliner to make a blind landing...
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    Grob G103a Twin II (category T-tail aircraft)
    sailplane manufactured in Germany by Grob Aircraft. The aircraft is of T-tail configuration, and is fitted with upper-surface airbrakes and a non-retractable...
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