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A controlled argument with gravity that we win 99.9999% of the time.
means A fixed-wing powered aircraft that flies by generating lift from its wings as it moves through the air.
from Built from Greek 'aer' (air) plus a form related to 'planus' (flat, level) — the same root giving 'plane' as in flat surface — describing the flat, lift-giving wing. The word took shape in 19th-century French as 'aéroplane' before English adopted it; American usage later shortened it to 'airplane,' while 'aeroplane' stayed the preferred spelling in Britain.
- name split
- British say aeroplane, Americans say airplane
- lift secret
- wings push air down, air pushes back up
- busiest machine
- a jet lands or takes off every second somewhere
- safety math
- statistically safer than the car ride to the airport