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controls, which usually take the form of knobs or wheels and are used to adjust pitch, roll, or yaw trim. These are often connected to small airfoils on the trailing edge of the control surfaces and are called "trim tabs". Trim is used to reduce the amount of pressure on the control forces needed to
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Early airplane engines had little power and light weight was critical. Also, early airfoil sections were thin, and could not support a strong frame. Until the 1930s, most wings were so fragile that external bracing struts and wires were added. As engine power increased, wings could be made heavy and
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pedals control rotation of the plane about the yaw axis. Two pedals pivot so that when one is pressed forward the other moves backward, and vice versa. The pilot presses on the right rudder pedal to make the plane yaw to the right, and pushes on the left pedal to make it yaw to the left. The rudder
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in Germany. After the war, numerous experimental designs were based on the flying wing concept. General interest continued into the 1950s, but designs did not offer a great advantage in range and presented technical problems. The flying wing is most practical for designs in the slow-to-medium speed
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within the fuselage, typically located at the front/top, equipped with controls, windows, and instruments, separated from passengers by a secure door. In small aircraft, the passengers typically sit behind the pilot(s) in the cabin, Occasionally, a passenger may sit beside or in front of the pilot.
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English pioneer of aerial navigation and aeronautical engineering and designer of the first successful glider to carry a human being aloft. Cayley established the modern configuration of an aeroplane as a fixed-wing flying machine with separate systems for lift, propulsion, and control as early as
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The structural element of a fixed-wing aircraft is the air frame. It varies according to the aircraft's type, purpose, and technology. Early airframes were made of wood with fabric wing surfaces, When engines became available for powered flight, their mounts were made of metal. As speeds increased
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Whether flexible or rigid, most wings have a strong frame to give them shape and to transfer lift from the wing surface to the rest of the aircraft. The main structural elements are one or more spars running from root to tip, and ribs running from the leading (front) to the trailing (rear) edge.
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built a craft that weighed 3.5 tons, with a 110-foot (34-meter) wingspan powered by two 360-horsepower (270-kW) steam engines driving two propellers. In 1894, his machine was tested with overhead rails to prevent it from rising. The test showed that it had enough lift to take off. The craft was
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The classic airfoil section wing is unstable in flight. Flexible-wing planes often rely on an anchor line or the weight of a pilot hanging beneath to maintain the correct attitude. Some free-flying types use an adapted airfoil that is stable, or other mechanisms including electronic artificial
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The wording is: "cette prouesse est le premier vol au monde homologué par l'Aéro-Club de France et la toute jeune Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)." (This achievement is the first flight in the world to be recognized by the France Air Club and by the new International Aeronautical
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can also be used to sail upwind under the same principles as used by other sailing craft, provided that lateral forces on the ground or in the water are redirected as with the keels, center boards, wheels and ice blades of traditional sailing craft. In the last two decades,
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and minimal instruments. Since shortly after World War II, training is done in two-seat dual control gliders, but high-performance two-seaters can make long flights. Originally skids were used for landing, later replaced by wheels, often retractable. Gliders known as
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resembles a steering wheel. The pilot can pitch the plane down by pushing on the yoke or joystick, and pitch the plane up by pulling on it. Rolling the plane is accomplished by turning the yoke in the direction of the desired roll, or by tilting the joystick in that
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Lifting bodies were a major area of research in the 1960s and 1970s as a means to build small and lightweight manned spacecraft. The US built lifting body rocket planes to test the concept, as well as several rocket-launched re-entry vehicles. Interest waned as the
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was reputed to have designed and built the first self-propelled flying device, shaped like a bird and propelled by a jet of what was probably steam, said to have flown some 200 m (660 ft). This machine may have been suspended during its flight.
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below a hollow fabric wing whose shape is formed by its suspension lines. Air entering vents in the front of the wing and the aerodynamic forces of the air flowing over the outside power the craft. Paragliding is most often a recreational activity.
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for the lower (ventral) areas of its fuselage. The fuselage lands and then rests directly on the water's surface, held afloat by the hull. It does not need additional floats for buoyancy, although small underwing floats or fuselage-mounted
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laid out the concept of the modern airplane as a fixed-wing machine with systems for lift, propulsion, and control. Cayley was building and flying models of fixed-wing aircraft as early as 1803, and built a successful passenger-carrying
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place one wing behind the other, possibly joined at the tips. When the available engine power increased during the 1920s and 1930s and bracing was no longer needed, the unbraced or cantilever monoplane became the most common form.
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comprising a fin and rudder that act horizontally, and a tailplane and elevator that act vertically. This is so common that it is known as the conventional layout. Sometimes two or more fins are spaced out along the tailplane.
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and some known as airchairs, has been defined by the FAI based on weight. They are light enough to be transported easily, and can be flown without licensing in some countries. Ultralight gliders have performance similar to
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Kites and some lightweight gliders and airplanes have flexible wing surfaces that are stretched across a frame and made rigid by the lift forces exerted by the airflow over them. Larger aircraft have rigid wing surfaces.
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is 70:1, though 50:1 is common. After take-off, further altitude can be gained through the skillful exploitation of rising air. Flights of thousands of kilometers at average speeds over 200 km/h have been achieved.
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smooth. Most fixed-wing aircraft have a single fuselage. Others may have multiple fuselages, or the fuselage may be fitted with booms on either side of the tail to allow the extreme rear of the fuselage to be utilized.
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A glider is a heavier-than-air craft whose free flight does not require an engine. A sailplane is a fixed-wing glider designed for soaring – gaining height using updrafts of air and to fly for long periods.
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Blended wing body aircraft have a flattened airfoil-shaped body, which produces most of the lift to keep itself aloft, and distinct and separate wing structures, though the wings are blended with the body.
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Blended wing bodied aircraft incorporate design features from both fuselage and flying wing designs. The purported advantages of the blended wing body approach are efficient, high-lift wings and a wide,
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In 1799 he set forth for the first time in history the concept of the modern aeroplane. Cayley had identified the drag vector (parallel to the flow) and the lift vector (perpendicular to the flow).
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levers, which are used to control the position of spoilers on the wings, and to arm their automatic deployment in planes designed to deploy them upon landing. The spoilers reduce lift for landing.
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posted 17 December 2003. (The 1903 flights are not listed in the official FAI flight records, however, because the organization and its predecessors did not yet exist.) Retrieved 5 January 2007.
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The wings of a fixed-wing aircraft are static planes extending to either side of the aircraft. When the aircraft travels forwards, air flows over the wings that are shaped to create lift.
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entered service, but never saw action – top air speeds for that era went as high as 1,130 km/h (700 mph), with the early July 1944 unofficial record flight of the German
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A kite is a tethered aircraft held aloft by wind that blows over its wing(s). High pressure below the wing deflects the airflow downwards. This deflection generates horizontal
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may be more convenient for such experiments, because kite-carried antennas require strong wind, which may be not always available with heavy equipment and a ground conductor.
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was developed to investigate alternative methods of recovering spacecraft. Although this application was abandoned, publicity inspired hobbyists to adapt the flexible-wing
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that lifted the weight of a man. His designs were widely adopted. He also developed a type of rotary aircraft engine, but did not create a powered fixed-wing aircraft.
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to support it in flight. The wing also provides lateral stability to stop the aircraft level in steady flight. Other roles are to hold the fuel and mount the engines.
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are bombs with aerodynamic surfaces to allow a gliding flight path rather than a ballistic one. This enables stand-off aircraft to attack a target from a distance.
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The number and shape of wings vary widely. Some designs blend the wing with the fuselage, while left and right wings separated by the fuselage are more common.
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made controlled flights in a glider as a part of a series of gliders he built between 1883 and 1886. Other aviators who made similar flights at that time were
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Kite festivals are a popular form of entertainment throughout the world. They include local events, traditional festivals and major international festivals.
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The so-called Golden Age of Aviation occurred between the two World Wars, during which updated interpretations of earlier breakthroughs. Innovations include
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Kites were used approximately 2,800 years ago in China, where kite building materials were available. Leaf kites may have been flown earlier in what is now
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relies on shapes that reflect radar waves only in certain directions, thus making it harder to detect. This approach eventually led to the Northrop
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in the 16th and 17th centuries. Although initially regarded as curiosities, by the 18th and 19th centuries kites were used for scientific research.
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is typically also seated in the cockpit as well. Some military or specialized aircraft may have other flight crew members in the cockpit as well.
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crossed the Atlantic non-stop for the first time in 1919. The first commercial flights traveled between the United States and Canada in 1919.
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Airplanes had a presence in the major battles of World War II. They were an essential component of military strategies, such as the German
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is the shape when seen from above/below. To be aerodynamically efficient, wings are straight with a long span, but a short chord (high
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Gliders are mainly used for recreation but have found use for purposes such as aerodynamics research, warfare and spacecraft recovery.
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Kites can be used to carry radio antennas. This method was used for the reception station of the first transatlantic transmission by
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Aircraft often have two or more pilots, with one in overall command (the "pilot") and one or more "co-pilots". On larger aircraft a
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As is the case with planes, gliders come in diverse forms with varied wings, aerodynamic efficiency, pilot location, and controls.
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For full-size aircraft with powered rotors the rotor is normally tilted to achieve thrust (e.g. in a helicopter). Some toys (e.g.
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sometimes flew an aircraft as a kite in order to confirm its flight characteristics, before adding an engine and flight controls.
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in the direction of the wind. The resultant force vector from the lift and drag force components is opposed by the tension of the
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flying boat after it completed the first crossing of the Atlantic in 1919, standing next to a fixed-wing heavier-than-air aircraft
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is used mainly to balance the plane in turns, or to compensate for winds or other effects that push the plane about the yaw axis.
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served initiated the use of aircraft as weapons and observation platforms. The earliest known aerial victory with a synchronized
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speeds by eliminating non-lifting surfaces, lifting bodies generally minimize the drag and structure of a wing for subsonic,
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or fin is a rigid surface mounted at the rear of the plane and typically protruding above it. The fin stabilizes the plane's
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Research and development projects investigate kites for harnessing high altitude wind currents for electricity generation.
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as a practical aircraft power plant alongside V-12 liquid-cooled aviation engines, and longer and longer flights – as with
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may be used to stabilize it. Large seaplanes are usually flying boats, embodying most classic amphibian aircraft designs.
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metal became more common until by the end of World War II, all-metal (and glass) aircraft were common. In modern times,
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Early gliders were built mainly of wood and metal, later replaced by composite materials incorporating glass, carbon or
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have been used in combat to deliver troops and equipment, while specialized gliders have been used in atmospheric and
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made the first powered flight, had his glider L'Albatros artificiel towed by a horse along a beach. In 1884, American
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speeds, variable geometry wings change orientation, angling backward to reduce drag from supersonic shock waves. The
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Gliders and sailplanes share many design elements and aerodynamic principles with powered aircraft. For example, the
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Gliders were developed in the 1920s for recreational purposes. As pilots began to understand how to use rising air,
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has no pilot and is controlled remotely or via gyroscopes, computers/sensors or other forms of autonomous control.
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aircraft functions as an aeroplane during normal (horizontal) flight and as a helicopter during low-speed flight.
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systems compensated for many of the aerodynamic drawbacks, enabling an efficient and stable long-range aircraft.
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and other controls, such as a fuel-mixture control (to compensate for air density changes with altitude change).
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Some or all of these instruments may appear on a computer display and be operated with touches, ala a phone.
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Mechanical structures are not needed to withstand bending forces; vehicles/hulls can be light or eliminated.
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slippery. The fuselage joins the other parts of the air frame and contains the payload, and flight systems.
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glided during its descent phase. Many gliders adopt similar control surfaces and instruments as airplanes.
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were developed and used in several campaigns, but were limited by the high casualty rate encountered. The
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The controls allow the pilot to direct the aircraft in the air and on the ground. Typically these are:
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have a separate passenger cabin or occasionally cabins that are physically separated from the cockpit.
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Kites are mostly flown for recreational purposes, but have many other uses. Early pioneers such as the
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relative to its surface area reduces the required lift for flight, allowing it to glide some distance.
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is a lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider with no rigid body. The pilot is suspended in a
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bomber (pictured). The flying wing's aerodynamics are not the primary concern. Computer-controlled
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type of parachute with an integrated air frame, seat, undercarriage and power plant hung beneath.
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and other recreational flights. Some of the thousands of versions found other purposes, like the
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The fuselage is typically long and thin, usually with tapered or rounded ends to make its shape
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towards the end of the 13th century, and kites were brought back by sailors from Japan and
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Bottom row (left to right): turn coordinator, heading indicator, vertical speed indicator.
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An ordinary sheet of paper can be folded into an aerodynamic shape fairly easily; its low
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are used to slow and stop the plane on the ground, and sometimes for turns on the ground.
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Gliders and airplanes have sophisticated control systems, especially if they are piloted.
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The flying wing configuration was studied extensively in the 1930s and 1940s, notably by
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Kites can be used to carry light sources such as light sticks or battery-powered lights.
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are equipped with a limited propulsion system for takeoff, or to extend flight duration.
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Aviation : an historical survey from its origins to the end of the Second World War
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On manned fixed-wing aircraft, instruments provide information to the pilots, including
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cross-section. The wing deflects air downward as the aircraft moves forward, generating
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when it became clear that highly shaped fuselages made it difficult to fit fuel tanks.
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220 metres (720 ft) in less than 22 seconds. The flight was certified by the FAI.
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On powered types, an engine stop control ("fuel cutoff", for example) and, usually, a
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with an auxiliary power plant that may be used when in flight to increase performance.
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Kites may be maneuvered dynamically, which dramatically increases the available force
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was the world's biggest passenger aircraft from 1970 until it was surpassed by the
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A craft may have two pilot seats with dual controls, allowing two to take turns.
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updrafts, perform aerobatics, and glide cross-country for hundreds of kilometers.
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Even after the development of powered aircraft, gliders continued to be used for
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levers, which are used to control the deflection position of flaps on the wings.
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In order to achieve trim, stability, and control, most fixed-wing types have an
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Wings are typically hollow, also serving as fuel tanks. They are equipped with
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Kite sailing opens several possibilities not available in traditional sailing:
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An airplane (aeroplane or plane) is a powered fixed-wing aircraft propelled by
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strong enough that bracing was unnecessary. Such an unbraced wing is called a
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Interest in flying wings reemerged in the 1980s due to their potentially low
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lost interest in the manned mission, and major development ended during the
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A ground effect vehicle (GEV) flies close to the terrain, making use of the
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Top row (left to right): airspeed indicator, attitude indicator, altimeter.
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Pilots of manned commercial fixed-wing aircraft control them from inside a
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The Flying Book: Everything You've Ever Wondered About Flying on Airplanes
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was capable of fully controllable, stable flight for substantial periods.
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The main application of modern glider aircraft is sport and recreation.
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The six basic instruments, sometimes referred to as the six pack, are:
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Chinese dragon kite more than one hundred feet long which flew in the
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is a toy aircraft (usually a glider) made out of paper or paperboard.
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Heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings generating aerodynamic lift
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capable of intercontinental missions, has a flying wing configuration
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Many forms of glider may include a small power plant. These include:
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made a similar attempt, though no earlier sources record this event.
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The control system may allow full or partial automation, such as an
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's How Things Fly website
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is a triangular shape that serves various purposes. As a flexible
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Kites can be used to pull people and vehicles downwind. Efficient
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Large gliders are most commonly born aloft by a tow-plane or by a
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Before and during the war, British and German designers worked on
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was built as part of a 1963–1975 experimental US military program
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typically omit fuel andengines, although some variations such as
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Occasionally more wings have been used, such as the three-winged
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In 1903, when the Wright brothers used the word, "aeroplane" (a
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controls rotation of the plane about the pitch and roll axes. A
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