control column


noun
  1. a lever or pillar, usually fitted with a handwheel, used to control the movements of an aircraft: Also called: control stick, joy stick

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How to use control column in a sentence

  • The “stick” is the control column, and it really gets your attention with a vigorous shaking motion.

  • Outside the Terminal Building, Turnbull walked over to a hackstand and pressed the signal button on the top of the control column.

    Dead Giveaway | Gordon Randall Garrett
  • The pilot threw a switch, and Jones threw another, a newly installed one, just added to his improvised control-column.

    Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • Sweat forming in beads on his face, he ignored the pain in his shoulder and reached to the control column with his injured arm.

    Spillthrough | Daniel F. Galouye
  • Brad straddle-stepped on the deck and bulkhead to the control column and broke out his pack of cigarettes.

    Spillthrough | Daniel F. Galouye
  • We had enough control column oil left to wet it down rather thoroughly.

    Spillthrough | Daniel F. Galouye