1) Aviation term 2) Aviation word 3) Avionics term 4) Avionics word 5) Back 6) Rear 7) Tail 8) Tail assembly 9) Tail of an airplane 10) The rear part of an aircraft
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1) Tail
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The empennage (ʒ or dʒ), also known as the tail or tail assembly, of most aircraft gives stability to the aircraft, in a similar way to the feathers on an arrow; the term derives from the French for this. Most aircraft feature empennage incorporating vertical and horizontal stabilising surfaces which stabilise the flight dynamics of pitch and ya...
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airplane's tail unit
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An aircraft's tail group, includes rudder and fin, and stabilizer and elevator. Old French: empenner, to feather an arrow, from Latin penna, feather.
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An aircraft
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empennage 1. The tail assembly portion of an aircraft, including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers, elevators, and rudder. 2. Etymology: from early 20th century, French, literally 'feathering', as of an arrow.
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A general term, now little used, to refer to the tail unit of an aeroplane. Empennage includes tailplane, elevators, fins and rudders.
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An aircraft's tail group, includes rudder and fin, and stabilizer and elevator. Old French: empenner, to feather an arrow, from Latin penna, feather.
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The tail surfaces of an aircraft.
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the rear part of an airplane or airship, usually comprising the stabilizer, elevator, vertical fin, and rudder.
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