An aircraft flap deployment system comprising: a track ; a carriage supported by the track, the carriage being movable along the track; an actuator operatively connected to the carriage , the actuator being configured to selectively move the carriage along the track between a first carriage position, a second carriage position and a third carriage position, the second carriage position being intermediate the first and third carriage positions; a flap pivotally connected to the carriage at a first pivot point ; a link having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the link is pivotally connected to the flap at a second pivot point , the second pivot point is spaced from the first pivot point , and the second end of the link is pivotally connected at a third pivot point to at least one of the track and a supporting structure connected to the track ; and a flap controller configured to communicate with the actuator for controlling actuation of the actuator for moving the carriage in a selected one of the first, second and third carriage positions and for maintaining the carriage in the selected one of the first, second and third carriage positions; wherein: in the first carriage position, the flap is in a retracted flap position at a neutral flap angle and the actuator maintains the carriage and the flap in position; in the second carriage position, the flap is in an intermediate flap position at a negative flap angle and the actuator maintains the carriage and the flap in position; and in the third carriage position, the flap is in an extended flap position at a positive flap angle and the actuator maintains the carriage and the flap in position. a track ; a carriage supported by the track, the carriage being movable along the track; an actuator operatively connected to the carriage , the actuator being configured to selectively move the carriage along the track between a first carriage position, a second carriage position and a third carriage position, the second carriage position being intermediate the first and third carriage positions; a flap pivotally connected to the carriage at a first pivot point ; a link having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the link is pivotally connected to the flap at a second pivot point , the second pivot point is spaced from the first pivot point , and the second end of the link is pivotally connected at a third pivot point to at least one of the track and a supporting structure connected to the track ; and a flap controller configured to communicate with the actuator for controlling actuation of the actuator for moving the carriage in a selected one of the first, second and third carriage positions and for maintaining the carriage in the selected one of the first, second and third carriage positions; wherein: in the first carriage position, the flap is in a retracted flap position at a neutral flap angle and the actuator maintains the carriage and the flap in position; in the second carriage position, the flap is in an intermediate flap position at a negative flap angle and the actuator maintains the carriage and the flap in position; and in the third carriage position, the flap is in an extended flap position at a positive flap angle and the actuator maintains the carriage and the flap in position. in the first carriage position, the flap is in a retracted flap position at a neutral flap angle and the actuator maintains the carriage and the flap in position; in the second carriage position, the flap is in an intermediate flap position at a negative flap angle and the actuator maintains the carriage and the flap in position; and in the third carriage position, the flap is in an extended flap position at a positive flap angle and the actuator maintains the carriage and the flap in position. <EOS>