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  1. Airplane | Definition, Types, Mechanics, & Facts | Britannica

    The essential components of an airplane are a wing system to sustain it in flight, tail surfaces to stabilize the wings, movable surfaces to control the attitude of the plane in flight, and a power plant to provide …

  2. Airplane - Wikipedia

    The first plane to break the sound barrier in level flight was a rocket plane – the Bell X-1 in 1948. The North American X-15 broke many speed and altitude records in the 1960s and pioneered …

  3. Plane (2023) - IMDb

    Jan 13, 2023 · Plane is a good action film filled with intense acting, gunshots, fights, and story. The story goes along with Captain Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) flying his crew and passengers on an …

  4. American Airlines 737 plane found with apparent bullet hole after ...

    3 days ago · An American Airlines plane was found with an apparent bullet hole while in Colombia on Monday, according to sources familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by CBS News. The …

  5. US military plane crashes into barrier, injures 5: What we know

    A U.S. military plane hit a concrete barrier while taking off in the Philippines on Tuesday, officials said.

  6. Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics - NASA

    May 11, 2023 · Why are the engines on an airliner different from the engines on a fighter plane? How does aerodynamics affect the flight of a baseball, soccer ball, model rocket or kite? The information …

  7. How Airplanes Work - HowStuffWorks

    If a flight takes a plane across several countries, it passes through various ACCs, each monitored by different air traffic controllers who give instructions to the pilot as needed.

  8. Beginners Guide to Aeronautics | Glenn Research Center | NASA

    Aug 13, 2025 · Do you ever wonder how airplanes fly? How does a pilot control the movement of the airplane? How did the Wright Brothers invent the airplane? Why are the engines on an airliner …

  9. Airplane - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    An airplane, also known as an aeroplane or just plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft. It moves by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in many shapes and sizes. The use of aircraft …

  10. History of flight | Airplanes, Dates, & Facts | Britannica

    Jan 6, 2026 · The 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 …