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Most people, ourselves included, tend to use the terms airplane and aircraft synonymously. If you want to be technically correct, however, there is a distinction. The dictionary defines an aircraft as any craft that flies through the air, whether it be an airplane, helicopter, missile, glider, balloon, blimp, or any other vehicle that uses the air to generate lift for flight.The term airplane, on the other hand, is more specific and refers only to a powered vehicle that relies on fixed wings to generate lift. A Boeing 747 commercial airliner is both an airplane and an aircraft while the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter is an aircraft but not an airplane.
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ANS 2 - Not necessarily. An aeroplane has wings (that is the 'plane' part of the word.) - An aircraft is any machine that flies. A helicopter is an aircraft, but NOT an aeoplane. Zeppelins and rigid ballons are aircraft, but NOT aeroplanes.
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