Flight

Up, up and away! But how do those huge jumbo planes get up in the air? Watch this BrainPOP UK movie on flight for a helpful introduction to how planes fly, despite their enormous weight. In this educational, animated movie discover what the Coandă effect is as well as how aerofoils and elevators work. In this movie Tim and Moby will teach you how the curved shape of a plane’s wings allow it to experience a force called lift, how jet engines provide the thrust that moves a plane forward, and how pilots can make their planes climb, dive and turn. We’ve got everything you’ve always wanted to know about flying, so fasten those seat belts, we’re going up!

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