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Airplanes use air for lift and for thrust.
If there's no atmosphere, they can't fly.
Even a jet engine needs to burn and compress air.
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What part of the atmosphere do airplanes fly?
Troposphere
What layer do the airplane fly?
Airplanes Fly in the layer of the atmosphere called Troposphere
Can airplanes or satellites fly in the thermosphere?
airplanes can not but satellites can
if you flew a plane straight would it fly into space?
It depends on how you define "airplane". Since planes are defined by generating lift with the wings, then technically the answer is no. Airplanes need air flowing over their wings to generate lift, so they can not leave the atmosphere. However, not everything with wings is an airplane. The Space Shuttle had wings, and obviously it could fly into space. If the question is "if a flying object kept going in a straight line, would it go into space?" then the answer is yes. It's not the most efficient path to space, but if you shot a rocket in a straight line (assuming it wasn't a line going towards the ground) and it had enough fuel, then it would eventually reach space.
Why can't normal airplanes fly into outer space?
Because airplanes depend on the lift generated by the airflow across their wings, and they use air (and fuel) to power their engines. At some altitude around 150,000 feet, there isn't enough air to generate any lift, and above about 120,000 feet, there isn't enough air to keep the jet engines lit. If an airplane could also have a rocket engine that did not require air, then it could continue to accelerate and continue into space as a spacecraft, but so far, no rocket-powered airplane has been able to carry enough fuel to actually make it into orbit. The "SpaceShip One" rocket plane was the first private manned spaceship to make it into space, but ran out of fuel and glided back to Earth as planned. But it went high enough to win the Ansari X-Prize for 10 million dollars. Airplanes cannot fly in "space" because the lift that allows them to fly is created by the flow of a gasseous atmosphere above and beneath the wings. For our Earth that atmosphere is air. There is little or no atmosphere in space, and thus an airplane cannot fly in space. There have been a few airplanes that have flown TO the edge of Earth's atmosphere, and slightly into space, BUT... that was only the result of their high speed "carrying" them momentarily beyond the upper "edge" of the atmosphere.
What part of the atmosphere do airplanes fly?
Troposphere
Which layer of the atmosphere has the airplanes fly?
stratosphere
Why do airplane fly?
Airplanes fly because they cant swim.
What level of the atmosphere do airplanes fly in?
Stratosphere
What part of the atmosphere do commercial airplanes fly?
Stratosphere
Which layer of the atmosphere is the highest that an airplanes can fly?
stratosphere
What layer do the airplane fly?
Airplanes Fly in the layer of the atmosphere called Troposphere
What if the design differences between aircraft and spacecraft?
To answer this question ask yourself where do airplanes fly and where do spacecraft fly? You can see most airplanes which fly overhead, but spacecraft fly much higher. Airplanes fly within the earth's atmosphere, while spacecraft fly outside the earth's atmosphere in space. So when you decide to ask a sensible question, post it and you may receive a answer.
In what layer of the atmosphere do the airplanes fly?
Air planes fly in the stratosphere. Sorry, i didnt give the info of why they fly..im so dumb
What is the difference between the way an airplane and helicopter fly?
Airplanes can not fly straight up and down or hover.
Do airplanes fly above the atmosphere or below?
Airplanes fly inside the atmosphere which is made up of 4 levels. The atmosphere starts at sea or ground level and when it ends you are in outer space (no longer on earth). Majority of all planes fly in the first level of the atmosphere called the Troposphere which ends around 50K feet. Military jets and spy planes usually fly in the second atmosphere called the stratosphere.
When airplanes fly high in the atmosphere why must they be pressurized for the passenger's safety?
the cabin could explode or crack
