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The turbines under the wings of the airplane suck air in, mix it with fuel, and then compress the air/fuel mixture. As the compressed mixture exits the engine, it burns hotly, creating a lot of thrust backwards, pushing the plane forward and overcoming drag. As the plane moves forward air moving over the wings and pushing up on the bottom creates lift to keep gravity from pulling the plane down. This happens throughout the whole flight of the plane. The continuous cycle of pushing air backwards with tremendous force and creating lift with the wings keeps the airplane up.

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