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—Sällskapsresan("The Charter Trip"), a classic in Swedish cinema An understanding of what causes your plane to fly can assist in allaying anxiety. A plane's wing is shaped to direct more air underneath it than above it, creating an area of low air pressure above the wing; this creates lift, causing an upward force on the wings. When the force of the lift exactly balances the weight of the aircraft, the plane will fly level; if the lift exceeds the weight, it will climb; and if weight exceeds lift, it will descend. Lift generated depends on airspeed: the greater the speed, the greater the airflow over the wings and the greater the lift. Large commercial aircraft have two or more turbine engines each turning a propeller (aturboprop) or a large fan (aturbofan, commonly called ajet) to produce
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