- Airplane - Wikipedia
Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations The broad spectrum of uses for airplanes includes recreation, transportation of goods and people, military, and research
- Airplane | Definition, Types, Mechanics, Facts | Britannica
An airplane is any of a class of fixed-wing aircraft that is heavier than air, propelled by a screw propeller or a high-velocity jet, and supported by the dynamic reaction of the air against its wings Learn more about the different types of airplanes as well as their construction
- Airplane! (1980) - IMDb
Airplane!: Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker With Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers
- How planes work | the science of flight - Explain that Stuff
Thanks to their successful experiments with powered flight, the airplane is rightfully recognized as one of the greatest inventions of all time Let's take a closer look at how it works!
- Airplane - Wikiwand
Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations The broad spectrum of uses for airplanes includes recreation, transportation of goods and people, military, and research
- How Airplanes Work - HowStuffWorks
In this article, we'll walk through the basic principles of aviation and the various forces at work in any given flight Airplanes take advantage of four forces Drop a stone into the ocean and it will sink into the deep Chuck a stone off the side of a mountain and it will plummet as well
- Beginners Guide to Aeronautics - NASA
The Wright Way will show you the basic math and physics that led to the invention of the airplane by the Wright Brothers This site was built for middle to high school students
- The Evolution of Commercial Airliners - National Air and Space Museum
The Museum's collection holds a variety of different airplanes which help tell the story of flight Our collection of commercial aircraft, such as the well-known Boeing 747, help tell the history of America by air
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