horizontal tail


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Noun1.horizontal tail - the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft
elevator - the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
horizontal stabiliser, horizontal stabilizer, tailplane - the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged
stabilizer - airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft
empennage, tail assembly, tail - the rear part of an aircraft
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Not only is the name resurrected from the iconic two-seater drop-top the company first produced in the 1960s, but there are several design cues taken from the original too in the style and position of the LED headlamps, the broad hexagonal grille and the horizontal character line that runs from the front wing, kicking up over the rear hauCnch towards the horizontal tail lamps.
Not only is the name resurrected from the iconic two-seater drop-top the company first produced in the sixties, but there are several design cues taken from the original too in the style and position of the LED headlamps, the broad hexagonal grille and the horizontal character line that runs from the front wing, kicking up over the rear haunch, toward the horizontal tail lamps.
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