A stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane.
1 The wings go on, along with the vertical fin , or tail.
2 He reported that it had no vertical fin or wings.
3 It was decided, therefore, to turn the vertical fin at the rear into a rudder by making it movable.
4 The vertical fin was composed of two parts, one above and the other below the centre line of the ship.
5 The horizontal fins with the elevator flaps, and the vertical fin with the rudder flap, are fixed to the ridges of the envelope.
6 In some cases the two lower fins and rudders were abandoned, and a single vertical fin and rudder fitted centrally under the envelope were substituted.
7 Of these the heads only could be seen, and rapidly closing upon them the dark vertical fin that told the presence of the pursuing shark.
8 A new option (across all AMG) is the grille with vertical fins finished in dark chrome.
9 In accordance with the latest Zeppelin practice, monoplane rudders and elevators are fitted to the horizontal and vertical fins .
10 In order to hold whatever position in the air may be desired, the blimp is equipped with two horizontal fins and three vertical fins .
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