vertical stabilizer
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Two are mounted under the wings, and a third is built into the tail at the base of the vertical stabilizer.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025
The Associated Press quoted Clint Johnson with the National Transportation Safety Board as saying the plane struck a tree, rendering its vertical stabilizer inoperative.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023
The Washington Post verified the visuals and, using the number “24” on the plane’s vertical stabilizer, determined that the aircraft was a Sukhoi Su-34 fighter jet.
From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2022
The Airbus 380 struck the vertical stabilizer of the Comair plane, basically struck the tail of the plane.
From Reuters • Apr. 12, 2011
The tail looked much larger when he got next to it, with a major part of the vertical stabilizer showing and perhaps half of the elevators.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
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