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Uploaded by on Mar 24, 2008

Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration

How Airplanes Fly

NTIS AVA08357VNB1

What makes an airplane get off the ground and stay in the air? Easy to understand film combines animation and live sequences to explain ... all » basic aerodynamics. Forces of lift, weight, thrust and drag are shown in relation to flight.

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  • I own an airplane so I know what makes airplanes flys. Its money, no doubt about it.

  • 4 years of aerodynamic engineering science in 20 mins. love it

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  • 13:03 Nazis everywhere

  • @hunkrahul11111: Correct! that's why it is impossible to get a car moving from start with gear 3, 4 or 5 because they're soft gears, meant for cruising only

  • @presstrigga once the plane has gained the momentum then due to its inertia forces the plane requeres less lift to be on air it is same as when a vehecle on a road requires more power when it is at a lower speed but once it gains momentum then the amount o force required reduces drastically.

  • i'm amazed to see a black man sitting in a classroom next to a white man at this point in history.

  • Great video!Keep them coming!

  • is it ok if i poop in the shower and mush it down with my feet's

  • that was good, thanks!

  • I wonder if it is possible to make a circular airplane?

  • Again, thank you science. SCIENCE RULES!!

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