rudder for yaw, and ailerons for roll. This one-to-one mapping keeps things straightforward, and fewer actuators means less weight. But nature has other ideas. Birds achieve flight control through ...

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As they reached for the switch, the captain looked up from the switch to the flight deck door, and then inadvertently grasped and activated the rudder trim control instead,' ATSB Chief ...

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a safety alert to airlines regarding Boeing 737 airplanes equipped with certain ...

An airplane's rudder is used to control the aircraft while in flight. "The issue identified on the particular airplane has been remedied," Boeing said. "Out of an abundance of caution, we are ...