We've all wondered it at least once—how do airplanes actually fly? What scientifically allows such a heavy metal contraption ...

Here's what that means for turbulence. Every flier waits to hear those magic words after takeoff: “We have reached cruising altitude; you’re now free to move about the cabin.” But what is cruising ...

Explains the basic principles and gives a brief history of airplane flight. Also includes descriptions of various types of airplanes https://siris-libraries.si.edu ...

It’s a cliché in movies that whenever an airplane’s pilots are incapacitated, some distraught crew member queries the self-loading freight if any of them know how to fly a plane. For small airplanes ...