ICE-CONTAMINATED-TAILPLANE STALL

Photograph: A forward c.g. reduces ice-contaminated-tailplane stall margin. Securely strapped into the left seat of NASA's Tailplane Icing Program (TIP) de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, we set up for a simulated approach to landing. The leading edge of its horizontal stabilizer was disfigured with a...

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