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How do Airplanes Fly?
Four forces keep an airplane in the sky. They are lift, weight, thrust and drag.Lift pushes the airplane up. The way air moves around the wings gives theairplane lift. The shape of the wings helps with lift, too.Weight is the force that pulls the airplane toward Earth. Airplanes are built so that their weight is spread from front to back. This keeps the airplane balanced.Thrust is the force that moves the airplane forward. Engines give thrust to airplanes. Sometimes an engine turns a propeller. Sometimes it is a jet engine. It doesn't matter as long as air keeps going over the wings.Drag slows the airplane. You can feel drag when you walk against a strong wind. Airplanes are designed to let air pass around them with less drag.An airplane flies when all four forces work together.
Bernoulli's Principle states that as the speed of a moving fluid increases, the pressure within the fluid decreases. So as the wing slices through the air the pressure under the wing inreases and lifts the airplane up. The Pressure above the wing drops because the air moleclues are traveling
