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What is an aileron?

What is an aileron? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control lateral turns.
  2. A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.
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Put the palm of your hand against the bottom of the leading edge of the aileron at each hinge and push up.
The wing also features three sets of vortex generators on the outboard wing to improve aileron response at high angles of attack.
From a distance, it was easy to see that while the aileron on one side was in alignment, the other aileron was sagging significantly.
There, stretching from the leading edge to the aileron hinge, was a crack in the plywood skin about an eighth of an inch wide.
An aileron booster system used the main system hydraulic pressure to supplement the pilot's pressure on the control column.
Once the airplane reaches a high enough altitude, the water freezes, affecting the operation of an aileron control bearing.

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