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What are ailerons?

What are ailerons? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of aileron
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Airplanes turn while remaining aloft primarily by controlling the positions of ailerons mounted on horizontally oriented wings.
Eva Air landed in Los Angeles in one piece, with rudder, elevator, fuselage, trim tabs and ailerons intact.
Such things as the wing tips, ailerons, trimming tabs, elevator, seats, berths and landing gear may be exchanged between one plane and another.
The other intuitive reaction is to attempt to roll the aircraft with ailerons to level the wings.
Avoid adverse yaw by allowing the ailerons to streamline when there's no crosswind present.
The aircraft also have composite ailerons, spoilers, flaps, vertical tail skin and horizontal tail skin, but they have aluminum wings.

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