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What Goes Up Must Come Down

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Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton is credited with the three basic laws of motion.  His three laws are the governing principles of flight. [click to continue…]

Atmospheric Pressure

Aerodynamics
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0savesSave Atmospheric pressure is the weight of the air itself pushing inward on the airplane.  Being a gas, air can be compressed or expanded depending on the pressure on it.  At it’s very basic level, as you increase altitude, less air is weighing down on the aircraft, and on itself, thus it becomes less dense.

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Airplane Parts – Major Components

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0savesSave I guess we should start with the basics of the basics.  Lets talk about plane parts.  The graphic below shows the main parts of an airplane body.

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