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Bookmark or Share- Airplane | Definition, Types, Mechanics, & Facts | BritannicaAn 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 - WikipediaAn airplane (American English) or aeroplane (Commonwealth English), informally plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations.
- History of flight | Airplanes, Dates, & Facts | BritannicaThe history of flight is the story, stretching over several centuries, of the development of heavier-than-air flying machines. Important landmarks along the way to the invention of the airplane include an understanding of the dynamic reaction of lifting surfaces (or wings), building reliable engines, and solving the problem of flight control.
- Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics - NASAThe Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics has been on the web for over a dozen years. During that time, NASA projects have come and gone and the intended audience has variously changed from high school students to college students and back to middle school students. So there is a wide breadth of information here at the site.
- How planes work | the science of flight - Explain that StuffPhoto: Newton's third law of motion —action and reaction—explains how the engines and wings work together to make a plane move through the sky. The force of the hot exhaust gas shooting backward from the jet engine pushes the plane forward. That creates a moving current of air over the wings.
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