You see, the ailerons never leave their sections and in the planes not a wire is changed.
"Dave Dashaway and his Hydroplane"
Roy Rockwood
The ailerons, which are adapted to many of our modern aeroplanes, are really balancing flaps, actuated by a control lever at the right side of the pilot's seat, and the principle on which they are worked is very similar to that employed in the warp system of lateral stability.
"The Mastery of the Air"
William J. Claxton
"Very clever arrangement; but I don't quite see how, in banking, the ailerons can be brought back automatically to a neutral position as soon as the turn has been completed," ventured Mr. Giddings.
"Around the World in Ten Days"
Chelsea Curtis Fraser