aeroplanes

[jamiescott13]

how do aeroplanes fly

[qapmoc]

Well, assuming that the manufacturer of many of the worlds modern aircraft would know this, try the Boeing website info on just that question, it is here.

[Dkeyse]

They take off from an airport, glide through the sky, and then land at another airport! You need a question mark, by the way!

[*amy*]

magic!

[tony1941]

The same way that tea dribbles under the end of a teapot spout!

[Skids]

Put simply, the shape of the wing sets up a pressure difference between the area of air above the wing and that below the wing. The air pressure below is greater so it tries to join with the air above to equalise the pressure difference. As it does this it effectively takes the wing with it. In fact, 80% of lift (the force acting on an aircraft's wing to keep it in the air) is suction (above the wing), the other 20% is blow (below the wing).

[PhilBy]

Exactly as Skids says, the difference in the air pressure comes about because the wing is shaped so the the air travelling over the top has a longer distance to travel than the air below the wing.

[sddsddean]

A plane flies due to Bernoulli's principle. Look it up on google.

[xrayspecs]

Planes shouldn't fly

People shouldn't fly

It's just wrong!

[stevie21]

xrayspecs - you holiday in Skegness rather than Key West? lol

[Jay70]

And an F1 car sticks to the ground as it dynamics make it work like an upside down aircraft wing.