real planes

Not flight simulators

Real planes are actual aircraft, as opposed to toys, models, or simulations.

The phrase distinguishes full-scale operational aircraft from miniatures or virtual representations: My son plays with toy planes, but he's obsessed with watching real planes at the airport.

Someone might graduate from flight simulators to flying real planes.

Related

aileron · altimeter · cockpit · flight deck · landing gear · fuselage · wing span · aerodynamics · vector · flaps · coordinate system · number line · rudder · axis · origins · wings · imaginary · engine

Opposites
authenticity/scale

real planesmodel aircraft

Miniature airplane representation

scale models · miniatures · plastic models · paper airplanes · drones

materiality/existence

real planesmovie props

paper airplanes · blueprints

operational status

real planesmuseum pieces

Objects in exhibit collections

mockups · flight simulators

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G