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Asked by littlealigator123 to Joe, Juan, Kate, Rosie on 18 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by , .
Question: How does an plane fly?
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Joe Sweeney answered on 18 Mar 2014:
Good question. When anything moves very quickly, air travels past it at the same speed. Because of this, a force is generated and if the force is from below (like when an aeroplane wing moves through the air), eventually it becomes strong enough to be able to lift the object off the ground. If the object continues to move at that speed or go faster, it will carry on moving through the air. Wings are made to do exactly this: they force air below and above themselves so that there is a big force to lift up the wing, plane and passengers!
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mkhan786 commented on :
The plane can fly because it has wings it can glide and also it has a engine that gives the wings instructions.
rachael2004 commented on :
Cool
rachael2004 commented on :
Never in the world would I know that
rainbow88 commented on :
that’s awesome !!!!
littlealigator123 commented on :
Thanks for commenting