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The F-89 Scorpion Was America’s First Interceptor Jet
The F-89’s horizontal ... The name stuck, causing the Air Force to adopt Scorpion as the aircraft’s formally designating name. With the new tail segment, new engine, and other improvements ...
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See the safety feature being added to float planes to prevent repeat of 2022 Mutiny Bay crash
MUTINY BAY, Wash. — A final report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed investigators' early suspicion that an in-flight separation of an assembly in the tail of a ...
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Robinson Helicopter's Symmetrical Horizontal Stabilizer Now Approved for All Models by European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Argentina, Japan, and India
The new empennage includes a symmetrical horizontal stabilizer and tailcone, is now standard on all newly manufactured Robinson helicopters. Since securing approval from the FAA, the company has ...
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An NTSB report indicates that the 1999 fatal crash of a Model 1124A Westwind business jet was due to the disconnection of the horizontal stabilizer
An NTSB report indicates that the 1999 fatal crash of a Model 1124A Westwind business jet was due to the disconnection of the horizontal stabilizer from the actuator, a situation that ...