Dorsal fins, which began appearing on aircraft around the mid-1930s in various forms, are aerodynamic extensions on the vertical tail, often mistakenly perceived to primarily enhance directional ...

A Middle East aerospace firm that builds parts for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is expanding its Abu Dhabi plant to make vertical tail fin assemblies for the wide-body jet. Strata Manufacturing, a unit of ...

Early analysis indicates that sideslip and rudder movement could have caused November's AA587 crash in New York The vigorous use of rudder in large aircraft under certain conditions can generate ...

Aluminium alloy leading edge to be supplanted by Glare in move to cut fin's weight Airbus has revealed more details of its plans to replace the traditional aluminium alloy leading-edge - or "D-nose" - ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 -- The vertical tail section of American Airlines Flight 587 cracked off when its modern reinforced plastic "composite" fittings failed, investigators said today, and the National ...