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Airplane Flight

How does an airplane fly? What magic force keeps an airplane up in the air, despite the force of gravity pulling it toward Earth? The “magic” is in the way air interacts with the moving airplane wings. To better understand flight, it helps to know a little about the air around us. Read More

Lighter-Than-Air Flight

Aircraft that employ “lighter-than-air” principles are the simplest flying machines ever devised by people. Long before the Wright brothers took the first airplane flight, two French brothers — Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier — took to the air in a hot-air balloon. In addition to . . . Read More
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