How do airplanes fly?
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How do airplanes fly?
You've probably watched a plane lift off the ground and thought, "Wait — how does something that heavy just… float up into the sky?" A fully loaded jumbo jet weighs as much as eighty elephants. And yet it climbs smoothly into the air like it's the most natural thing in the world.
The secret lives in the wings. An airplane wing isn't flat like a ruler — it's curved on top and flatter on the bottom, shaped like a gentle hill. That special curve has a name: an airfoil. And when air rushes over that curve, something wonderful happens.
