Fighter plane tails were dramatically reshaped after the advent of “fly-by-wire” controls, rendering the aircraft’s stability irrelevant. What’s in a tail? The tail of a fighter aircraft, specifically ...

From distinctive V-tail to modern variants, the revolutionary model remains all-rounder on pilots' wish lists.

The vertical tail plane of the first flyable A350 XWB (MSN1) has just come out of the paint hall in Toulouse sporting the well-known Airbus blue and white livery. This is the first A350 XWB component ...

As we saw last time, some airplanes exhibit degraded pitch stability and a tendency to pitch up as the angle of attack increases up to and beyond the point where the stall begins. This is never a ...