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Airplanes turn by rasing one aileron and dropping another. Normally, an airplane climbs (or pitches up) by dropping both elevators, and descents (or pitches down) by raising the elevators. In a turn, the pilot wants one wing to climb, and the other to descent (in a way). So in a turn, one aileron turns up, and another turns down, making the airplane bank. The lift in level flight is directly perpendicular to the wings, and in a bank, it still is. If the plane is tilted, the lift is also tilted, so the airplane is pulled to the side by the lift. This makes the airplane turn.
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