Why are planes so cool?

Question

Just why is it that planes are so cool and dont you think its really weird how these machines can fly. I know how they fly thrust and power but I still think its so weird that they work

Answer 1

Planes kick ***.

Answer 2

Couple of reasons. One:the operate at altitude, and teh higher you go, the cooler it gets (this is why Lear jets are so much cooler than Piper Cubs)   Two:wind chill- even if they weren't as cool as we all know they are, they would seem even cooler because of wind chill (again making the Lear jet even cooler than the Piper Cub)

Answer 3

flying aint that difficult

Answer 4

Mankind has always viewed the bird with envy. To fly is he ultimate freedom. Then man got cluey and designed structures according to the study of a bird. Planes are cool in that they give us speed, extreme speed, and are artistic and graceful.

Answer 5

The sheer amazingness of something soo heavy(some weighing more than a million pounds) being able to stay up in the air for long and then just descending back on land.

Answer 6

Planes simply rock, big time!

They can go to 30000 feet +

They can go to 5 times the speed of sound

They just rock

Answer 7

Yes. They are cool aren't they.

Answer 8

I think that too Mark, planes are cool but you should see the pilot sweat when the big fan at the front stops....

Edit:- Comair, didn't Newton "define" gravity..you mean defy I think old chap..

Answer 9

I'm riding mine for the first time in three years.ahah.

Far away I know, but i'm moving to London England :D

Answer 10

Not so 'cool' when they crash though.

Answer 11

flying is not so bad

Answer 12

Planes are cool for the following reasons:

1. They use 'magic' to stay aloft. Few people fully understand what Bernoulli's theory is and how it causes airplanes to fly.

2. Airplanes 'magically' take people to & from faraway places.

3. You have to be specially trained to operate these 'flying machines'.

4. The status of being a 'real' pilot is elusive. Many people dream of being a pilot but only few people actually achieve it.

5. Over the years, the fact that flying appears to involve 'balls' and risk (especially learning to fly and any military aviation) has brought about a 's**y' apha dog stereotypical image surrounding the entire proffession. Young pilots are seen as 'action men' or super heroes, even moreso when in arm uniform.

Answer 13

Because it's a hunk of metal that can define gravity and stay at 35,000 feet and get us to our destination in a safe manner.

And it's fun.

Answer 14

its way more then thrust and power its the design on the wing... have you ever looked on a spoiler on a car and you notice that its shaped weird well bassically thats a wing upside down it uses the air and pushes the air under it resulting in lift its crazy i know

Answer 15

They just are really cool, the dc-10 isn't though :-)