Examples of jackscrew in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The item, called a jackscrew, is used to raise or lower the angle of the horizontal part of the plane’s tail. — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2019 The landing gear was extended and measurement of the left and right wing flap jackscrews corresponded to a flaps retracted setting. — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 2019

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