To produce the same effect, modern planes use ailerons, movable surfaces located near the wingtips. The elevator controlled "pitch," or the plane's nose-up/nose-down orientation relative to level ...

Aileron trim is used after takeoff if pilots find that the plane needs constant aileron input to maintain a straight flight ...

The plane's auto-pilot system or a pilot will constantly adjust the angles of the ailerons, elevators, and rudder to the varying conditions to keep the plane stable, in a process known as trimming.

The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary investigation report that could provide clues as to what might have caused the Dec. 17 Kamaka Air Flight 689 crash that killed two young ...

Less than two weeks after a small plane crash in the Town of Aurora killed the pilot of the aircraft, the National ...