TermAirplane
Business termAirplane
DescriptionA power-driven heavier-than-air Aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed under given conditions of flight.
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More informally, an airplane is a flying vehicle that has fixed wings and engines or propellers that thrust it forward through the air.
Often called aeroplane.

StatusApproved 2024-09-13
XML typeNA / Concept
Equivalent termsAIRM: "Aeroplane" https://airm.aero./developers/advanced-search/1.0.0/Aeroplane?model=ContextualModel