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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Airship (section Empennage)
    the tail that allow the pilot to steer the airship left or right. The empennage refers to the tail section of the airship, which includes the fins, rudders...
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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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    (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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    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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    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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    pressure bulkhead Cabane strut Canopy Crack arrestor Cruciform tail Dope Empennage Fabric covering Fairing Flying wires Former Fuselage Hardpoint Interplane...
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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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  • Electra The aircraft is believed to have crashed due to failure of the empennage due to aeroelastic flutter, likely caused by weather-induced turbulence...
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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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    arrowhead-like forward fuselage shape, swept trapezoidal wings, four empennage surfaces, S-shaped inlet ducts obscuring the engine face, and an internal...
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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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    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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  • fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose cone to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The...
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    kilometres (9.9 by 1.9 mi). Damage to 7880 included the loss of most of the empennage, one of the engines and a section of the right wing. The pilots of 7880...
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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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    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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  • Tuskegee Airmen included red bands on the noses of P-51s as well as a red empennage; the P-51B, C and D Mustangs flew with similar color schemes, with red...
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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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    pressure bulkhead Cabane strut Canopy Crack arrestor Cruciform tail Dope Empennage Fabric covering Fairing Flying wires Former Fuselage Hardpoint Interplane...
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    canyon and searched near the location of the smoke. The Constellation's empennage was found, and the brothers reported their findings to authorities. The...
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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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