Fixed-wing aircraft
HEAVIER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT WITH FIXED WINGS GENERATING AERODYNAMIC LIFT IN THE AIRFLOW CAUSED BY FORWARD AIRSPEED
Fixed wing aircraft; Fixed-winged aircraft; Fixed-wing; Fixed wing; Aircraft structures; Winged aircraft; Fixed wings; Fixed-wings; Aircraft wings; Airplane wing; Fuselage (fixed-wing aircraft); Fuselage (airplane); Fuselage (aeroplane)
A fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air flying machine, such as an airplane, which is capable of flight using wings that generate lift caused by the aircraft's forward airspeed and the shape of the wings. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft (in which the wings form a rotor mounted on a spinning shaft or "mast"), and ornithopters (in which the wings flap in a manner similar to that of a bird).