control stick

noun Aeronautics.

a lever by which a pilot controls the ailerons and elevator of an aircraft.

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1930–35

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control stick

—n
	control column, Also called: joy stick the lever by which a pilot controls the lateral and longitudinal movements of an aircraft

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