noun. Either of two movable flaps on the wings of an airplane that can be used to control the plane's rolling and banking movements.

noun. Same as ailette.

noun. In architecture, that piece of the end wall, as of nave or transept, which covers the end of the aisle-roof. It resembles a wing of the main or central structure.

noun. A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.

noun. A small plane or surface capable of being manipulated by the pilot of a flying machine to control lateral balance; a hinged wing tip; a lateral stabilizing or balancing plane.

noun. hinged part on trailing edge of an airplane wing. Used to control lateral turns.

noun. an airfoil that controls lateral motion

"* Besides twice flying the X-1B as part of the reaction-control research, Armstrong sought a possible fix to a problem known as aileron “buzz.”"

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