aileron
noun
ai·le·ron
ˈā-lə-ˌrän 
: a movable airfoil at the trailing edge of an airplane wing that is used for imparting a rolling motion especially in banking for turns see airplane illustration
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Soon after, high above Lake Berryessa, Colyer executed a couple of aileron rolls, giving his passenger a topsy turvy view and a bit of a spinning head.
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Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2021
Kwak: Other structural components such as wing control surfaces (such as an aileron or a rudder) will be made of edible material by 3D food printing or molding.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
Among the pieces recovered are an engine blade and engine pylon, the left and right horizontal stabilizers, pieces of the wings and the plane's aileron autopilot actuators.
—Karson Yiu, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2022
The trip — smooth but for the aileron rolls — lasted just nine minutes.
—Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2021
Whitcomb began a series of wind tunnel tests using a model of a DC-10, evaluating winglets at different airspeeds with different flap and aileron configurations.
—Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 5 July 2020
In other words, the company still needs to see how the aircraft performs in moments of flight failure with the absence of a traditional airplane’s ailerons, flaps, spoilers, elevators, and even a tail.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2020
Aviation history is littered with fatal crashes in which birds gunked up engines or knocked ailerons askew.
—Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 24 Jan. 2020
For example, during takeoff and landing, the pilot of an airliner like a Boeing 747 will extend the flaps and slats on the wings to create more lift, and moving surfaces such as ailerons permit the plane to roll and turn.
—Rob Verger, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2020
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Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2021
Kwak: Other structural components such as wing control surfaces (such as an aileron or a rudder) will be made of edible material by 3D food printing or molding.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
Among the pieces recovered are an engine blade and engine pylon, the left and right horizontal stabilizers, pieces of the wings and the plane's aileron autopilot actuators.
—Karson Yiu, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2022
The trip — smooth but for the aileron rolls — lasted just nine minutes.
—Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2021
Whitcomb began a series of wind tunnel tests using a model of a DC-10, evaluating winglets at different airspeeds with different flap and aileron configurations.
—Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 5 July 2020
In other words, the company still needs to see how the aircraft performs in moments of flight failure with the absence of a traditional airplane’s ailerons, flaps, spoilers, elevators, and even a tail.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2020
Aviation history is littered with fatal crashes in which birds gunked up engines or knocked ailerons askew.
—Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 24 Jan. 2020
For example, during takeoff and landing, the pilot of an airliner like a Boeing 747 will extend the flaps and slats on the wings to create more lift, and moving surfaces such as ailerons permit the plane to roll and turn.
—Rob Verger, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2020
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aileron
noun
ai·le·ron
ˈā-lə-ˌrän
: a movable part (as a flap) of an airplane wing or a movable body apart from the wing for giving a rolling motion and as a result providing control sideways
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