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How do airplanes defy gravity?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

They don't actually defy gravity. Rather, an airplane uses its wings to 'glide' amongst the air currents.

It's a matter of Action=-Reaction. Because of the shape of the wings, most of the air will move under the wings, which causes the air density to heighten and the airplane will be pushed upwards. An airplane can rotate its wings, so it can choose whether or not it wants to go upwards or downwards.

Apologies for my bad English, it's not my first language.

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13y ago

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