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a heavier-than-air aircraft
(ˈɛərˌplein) noun. 1. a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc.  

(Entry 1 of 4) 1 : airplane. 2 : a surface in which if any two points are chosen a straight line joining them lies completely in that surface. 3 : a level of thought, existence, or development The two stories are not on the same plane. 4 : a level or flat surface a horizontal plane. .

The word airplane is sometimes shortened to simply plane. Aircraft is a synonym, which functions as both a singular or plural noun. Airplane is only singular. Its plural is airplanes. 

which it was borrowed, the 'plane' is related to a geometrical plane (flat surface), which then became the name of the flat parts of flying machines that allow them to achieve lift,” says Murphy. 
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane. Wikipedia
Other names: Will and Orv; The Bishop's boys



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National Air and Space Museum
Independence Ave at 6th St, SW
Washington, DC 20560
202-633-2214
Open 10am – 5:30pm 


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