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unusual facts about Aircraft flight control system


Flight controls

Aircraft flight control system, flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, and the systems linking the two


Blériot VIII

A similar control arrangement for roll and pitch control had been incorporated into an aircraft the previous year by Robert Esnault-Pelterie, but the Bleriot VIII was the first use in a single airframe of the combination of joystick and rudder pedals that is in use to the present day, for the basic format of aerodynamic aircraft control systems.

Dennis E. Fitch

He was best known for his critical actions as an off-duty McDonnell Douglas DC-10 training captain who helped captain Alfred Haynes minimize loss of life on United Airlines Flight 232, when all flight controls were lost, on July 19, 1989.

Henschel Hs 129

The controls proved to be almost inoperable as speed increased, and in testing, one plane flew into the ground from a short dive because the joystick forces were too high for the pilot to pull out.


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