How Airplanes Stay in the Sky: The Science of Planes

We ve all wondered it at least oncehow do airplanes actually fly What scientifically allows such a heavy metal contraption to stay suspended midair Join Hank Green and learn about the impressive science and engineering that make airplanes work in this fun new episode of SciShow SciShow has a spinoff podcast It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, KatieMarie Magnone, D. A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Avi Yashchin, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, charles george, Greg Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet Facebook: Twitter: Tumblr: Instagram: Sources: