control column
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The wreckage of his Hurricane was recovered in 2019 with the control column and the gun-button still set to "fire".
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025
The wreckage of his Hurricane was recovered in 2019 with the control column and the gun-button frozen in time, still set to "fire".
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2023
Airbus’s appearance in the market with its strange control system, in which each side’s control column operated independently, was widely derided as “crazy.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
And it was designed to push the nose down with such power that the pilot couldn’t sufficiently counter it by pulling on the control column alone.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
She pushed the control column forward to lower the nose of her aircraft, and applied power to gain speed.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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