How Does an Airplane Fly?: How the World Works

By Andrew Crotts

Have you ever looked up at a huge airplane and wondered how something so heavy can possibly stay in the sky?

An airplane may weigh thousands of pounds, but its engines, wings, controls, and pilots all work together to make flight possible.

How Does an Airplane Fly? takes curious young readers on a journey from the runway to the sky-and safely back to the ground.

Kids will discover the four important forces involved in flight: lift, weight, thrust, and drag. They'll learn how engines move an airplane forward, how air flows around the wings, and how the wings create the lift needed to overcome gravity.

Then they'll climb into the cockpit to see how pilots use moving panels on the wings and tail to steer, before following the airplane through taxiing, accelerating down the runway, taking off, climbing, and cruising high above the ground.

Young readers will also discover why the landing gear folds away, how an airplane turns in the sky, why flaps help during landing, and how the wheels and brakes help bring the airplane safely to a stop.

Packed with colorful illustrations and easy-to-understand explanations, How Does an Airplane Fly? makes the science of flight exciting and understandable for young readers.

Perfect for curious kids who love airplanes, airports, pilots, science, engineering, and discovering how things work

Part of the How the World Works series-educational books that reveal the amazing people, machines, and systems behind the world we see every day.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HLY67Q9D
• ISBN13: 9798178974209
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 8.5"