Why does an airplane fly?

For this question we sent for a specialist: our volunteer Michael Lein is an aviation professional and explained the young people in a very vivid way the physical background of buoyancy, air flow, force and counterforce.

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For the small flyer the laws of physics are the same as for a giant Jumbo.

The catapults for self-created flyers are made of wood.

Flieger Ferdinand Freiligrath mit Michael Lein 12.11.15