Between them and the engines were Schrenk type landing flaps.
"Begging the Captain's pardon," interrupted the watch officer, "I forgot to mention the landing flaps were down."
The reluctance within the IGC to allow the later in the Standard Class led to an unsuccessful attempt to codify what constitutes a landing flap.
The aircraft had an upward hinged roof that acted as a landing flap.
Extension and retraction of the landing flaps caused a dramatic change in the aircraft attitude.
The tail incidence was automatically changed when the landing flaps were lowered, or it could be adjusted manually.
Mitsubishi built aircraft also had landing flaps which were not fitted to Airspeed built Envoys.
The C-38 had a taller vertical tail, curved undercarriage legs and a landing flap under the fuselage.
In other words, for a go-around with full landing flaps and all engines operating, and at approach flap setting and one engine inoperative, respectively.
Within the framework of Airbus A380 production, assembly of the landing flaps (high lift systems) is carried out here.