• Question: How do airplanes fly?

    Asked by anon-225680 to Sameed, Jose, joannabarstow, Heidi, Freya, Chris on 14 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Jose Brandao-Neto

      Jose Brandao-Neto answered on 14 Nov 2019: last edited 14 Nov 2019 1:27 pm


      Planes fly by diverting air in their wings in a way that air flows faster on the wing top than at the bottom while the plane moves forward.
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      The pressure pushing the wing at the bottom is higher than at its top, resulting in a force upwards which holds the plane. That force is called……lift (very creative naming in english 😉 in portuguese it’s at least an obscure word – empuxo).

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