control column

noun

1. Also called: control stick.  joy stick. a lever or pillar, usually fitted with a handwheel, used to control the movements of an aircraft

Example Sentences

The wreckage of his Hurricane was recovered in 2019 with the control column and the gun-button still set to "fire".

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That’s done by turning the pilot control column like a steering wheel, which moves flaps on the wings called ailerons to turn.

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The wreckage of his Hurricane was recovered in 2019 with the control column and the gun-button frozen in time, still set to "fire".

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Also new on the MAX 10 are two switches on the cockpit instrument panel that allow the pilot to manually stop a “stick shaker” stall alert — a heavy, loud vibration of the control column — if it is clear that it’s erroneous.

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She pushed the control column forward to lower the nose of her aircraft, and applied power to gain speed.

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