airplanes
Winged passenger vehicles
Airplanes are powered aircraft with fixed wings that generate lift as they move through air.
The word is American English; British English uses aeroplanes.
Airplane covers everything from single-engine propeller craft to commercial jets: We watched airplanes take off from the runway.
Paper airplanes are folded sheets thrown for amusement.
Aircraft's central structure
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- wingsLimbs for flight
- tailRear animal appendage
- propellerRotating blades creating thrust
landing gear · flaps · ailerons · rudder · elevator · winglets · slats · spoilers
Those who fly aircraft
- airlineAir transport company
- runwayPaved path for planes
- hangarAircraft storage structure
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
control tower · radar · altimeter · airspace · flight attendant · aviator · aerodrome · tarmac
Departure or parody
- landingDescent's final moment
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- cruisingMoving at relaxed pace
- climbingAscending by physical effort
descending · banking · taxiing · approach · touchdown · rotation · liftoff · glide
Machine flying by wingbeats
- convertiplaneAircraft with tilting rotors
- flying wingTailless aircraft configuration
- tiltrotorAircraft with pivoting engines
- canardUnfounded malicious rumor
scramjet · hypersonic · X-plane · prototype · test flight
Documents permitting entry
- destinationsPlaces one travels to
- boarding passAirline entry document
- itineraryPlanned sequence of destinations
- layoverBreak between connecting flights
connecting flight · departure · arrival · check-in · baggage · carry-on · window seat · aisle
Large commercial passenger aircraft
- airlinerLarge commercial passenger plane
- biplaneAircraft with two wing levels
- monoplaneSingle-wing aircraft
- seaplaneAircraft landing on water
glider · turboprop · warplane · bomber · fighter · cargo · amphibian · ultralight
Mechanism for vertical transport
- dragResistance through fluid
- thrustForceful forward motion
- BernoulliMathematician behind lift theory
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
turbulence · vortex · camber · chord · angle of attack · boundary layer · stall · airfoil
fuselage
Aircraft's central structure
propeller · landing gear · flaps · ailerons · rudder · elevator · winglets · slats · spoilers · airframe
pilots
Those who fly aircraft
cockpit · control tower · radar · altimeter · airspace · flight attendant · aviator · aerodrome · tarmac · gate
takeoff
Departure or parody
climbing · descending · banking · taxiing · approach · touchdown · rotation · liftoff · glide · hover
ornithopter
Machine flying by wingbeats
- convertiplaneAircraft with tilting rotors
- flying wingTailless aircraft configuration
- tiltrotorAircraft with pivoting engines
canard · scramjet · hypersonic · X-plane · prototype · test flight
tickets
Documents permitting entry
- destinationsPlaces one travels to
- boarding passAirline entry document
- itineraryPlanned sequence of destinations
layover · connecting flight · departure · arrival · check-in · baggage · carry-on · window seat · aisle · overhead bin
jetliner
Large commercial passenger aircraft
- airlinerLarge commercial passenger plane
- biplaneAircraft with two wing levels
- monoplaneSingle-wing aircraft
seaplane · glider · turboprop · warplane · bomber · fighter · cargo · amphibian · ultralight · triplane
lift
Mechanism for vertical transport
streamline · turbulence · vortex · camber · chord · angle of attack · boundary layer · stall · airfoil · laminar flow
- transportationcar, bus, train, plane, taxi
- aircraftairliner, plane, biplane, fighter, jets
- High Altitudealtitude sickness, hypoxia, oxygen deprivation, acclimatization, death zone
- pollutersfactories, power plants, coal plants, oil refineries, cars
- flightflying, fly, flight, aircraft, jet
- coloring subjectsanimals, butterflies, cats, dinosaurs, dogs
airplaneshelicopters
Rotorcraft that hover
rotorcraft · blimps · airships · hot air balloons · dirigibles
airplaneshorse-drawn carriages
Vehicles pulled by equines
covered wagons · sailing ships · canoes · walking · pack animals
- paper airplaneFolded sheet for throwing
- airplane modeDevice state blocking wireless signals
- airplane crash
- airplane seatPassenger's in-flight position
- model airplaneMiniature aircraft recreation
- airplane hijackingCriminal seizure of aircraft