Associations to the word «Tailplane»

Wiktionary

TAILPLANE, noun. A horizontal airfoil, at the rear of an aircraft, to which the elevator is attached; usually associated with the tailfin

Dictionary definition

TAILPLANE, noun. The horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King