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flight control surface

surface that allows a pilot to adjust and control an aircraft's flight attitude
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flight control surface

Summary

flight control surface ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (987 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • flight control surface is a type of aircraft component[2].
  • flight control surface is a type of control surface[3].
  • flight control surface is a type of aerodynamic surface[4].
  • flight control surface is a type of rudder[5].
  • flight control surface's Commons category is recorded as Flight control surfaces[6].
  • flight control surface's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Flight control surfaces[7].
  • flight control surface's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include aircraft component[2], control surface[3], aerodynamic surface[4], and rudder[5].

Why It Matters

flight control surface ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (987 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Flight control surfaces
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → aircraft component, control surface, aerodynamic surface +1
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294593405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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