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  1. Plane (film) - Wikipedia

    Plane was released in the United States on January 13, 2023 by Lionsgate. It received generally favorable reviews from critics and grossed $74.5 million worldwide on a $25 million budget.

  2. Plane (2023) - IMDb

    Jan 13, 2023 · Plane: Directed by Jean-François Richet. With Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Tony Goldwyn, Yoson An. A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he's forced to land his commercial aircraft …

  3. Airplane | Definition, Types, Mechanics, & Facts | Britannica

    The essential components of an airplane are a wing system to sustain it in flight, tail surfaces to stabilize the wings, movable surfaces to control the attitude of the plane in flight, and a power plant to provide …

  4. How planes work | the science of flight - Explain that Stuff

    Mar 11, 2025 · A plane's engines are designed to move it forward at high speed. That makes air flow rapidly over the wings, which throw the air down toward the ground, generating an upward force …

  5. Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics - NASA

    May 11, 2023 · Why are the engines on an airliner different from the engines on a fighter plane? How does aerodynamics affect the flight of a baseball, soccer ball, model rocket or kite? The information …

  6. How Airplanes Work - HowStuffWorks

    If a flight takes a plane across several countries, it passes through various ACCs, each monitored by different air traffic controllers who give instructions to the pilot as needed.

  7. Explore the World of Aviation - Airplanes.com

    After all, no one gets excited about taking a long trip on a merely a “commercial plane” – travel has become a integral element of people’s lives. However, “dreams of flying” is quite a different matter.

  8. Beginners Guide to Aeronautics | Glenn Research Center | NASA

    Aug 13, 2025 · Do you ever wonder how airplanes fly? How does a pilot control the movement of the airplane? How did the Wright Brothers invent the airplane? Why are the engines on an airliner …

  9. History of flight | Airplanes, Dates, & Facts | Britannica

    Jan 6, 2026 · The history of flight is the story, stretching over several centuries, of the development of heavier-than-air flying machines. Important landmarks along the way to the invention of the airplane …

  10. Airplane - Wikipedia

    The first plane to break the sound barrier in level flight was a rocket plane – the Bell X-1 in 1948. The North American X-15 broke many speed and altitude records in the 1960s and pioneered …