head-rudder

Updated: June 5, 2025

Then, by throwing up the head-rudder, he would cause his craft to take an upward turn, thus delaying the inevitable descent. All the while this was going on Mr. Vardon, aided by Lieutenant McBride, was laboring hard to replace the burned-out wires. He worked frantically, for he knew he had but a few minutes at the best.

Howard Roger Garis - Dick Hamilton's Airship, or, a Young Millionaire in the Clouds