aileron

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Failure of the hinge could "result in loss of [the] aileron, possible further damage to the aircraft, or possible loss of the aircraft," according to the navy.

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  1. noun Either of two movable flaps on the wings of an airplane that can be used to control the plane's rolling and banking movements.

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  • The rear gunner hit him with a precise burst that damaged his P-39's propeller, holed the starboard aileron, and jammed his flaps. —  Attack of the Airacobras - Soviet Aces, American P-39s and the Air War Against Germany
  • Only an aileron was visible, and this bobbed about and soon sank, after which bubbles ceased to rise. —  016 - The King Maker
  • With only one of the four redundancy designed hydraulic systems fully operational (making control difficult, but by no means impossible), and with wing flaps up, "control was reduced to the right inboard aileron and the innermost of the spoiler section on each side." —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Puckle Gun Submitted by aileron on April 20, 2007 - 9: 13pm. —  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet
  • In several cases this shimmy vibration resulted in a MLG main fitting failure *** finally resulting in a collapse of the MLG causing extensive damage to the wingtip, aileron and flaps. —  Aero-News Network
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  1. French, diminutive of aile, wing, from Old French, from Latin āla.

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  1. French, diminutive of aile, wing: see ailette.
 

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/ˈeɪlɛrɑn/
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