Airplanes Inside and OutYour readers will get a close look at planes such as the Airbus A380, which is the world s largest airliner, and the Lockheed Martin F-35B, which is a short take-off and vertical landing combat aircraft. Readers learn about the engine and design that make flight possible for each aircraft. |
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Afterburners ailerons Airbus A380 aircraft fly aircraft's fuselage aircraft's systems airliner fuselage airplane Auxiliary power unit avionics Carbon-fiber reinforced plastic cargo hold cockpit column and rudder Combat aircraft combustion chamber composite material Compressor computers control column control surfaces downward Ejection seats electronic engine called escape slides flies Flight data recorder Flight deck fly and navigate Flying controls Flying surfaces fuel tanks fuselage is filled hydraulic rams jet engine Landing gear Wheels large intake fan let an aircraft lift fan lifting the helicopter main engines modern airliners move the control nose wheel oval windows passenger cabin pilot to fly pilots sit pipes plane plastic A composite PowerKiDS press Pressure bulkhead pumped push the aircraft rear edge rear nozzle rotor blades rudder pedals skin slow the aircraft steer the aircraft stronger tail rotor tailplane takeoff and vertical TECH FACT thrust turbine Turbofan engines Turboprop turboshaft type of jet undercarriage vertical landings