How do planes fly? This animation explains everything you need to know

[Guest Chris Smith]

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/a4a3f779cecc5249cf25613e2ee2d52d.jpgLots of us have ridden on planes before, but how many of us could really explain how airplanes lift themselves off the ground and stay in the air? Well don't worry, because a neat animation explains everything you need to know about what makes a plane take off and maintain altitude for hours at a time before landing.

 

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Via BRG - Boy Genius Report