Aeroplane.
Aeroplane. Author : CHINMAY MAHESH MORE An airplane or aeroplane(informally plane) is a powered,fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from ajet engine,propellero rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad spectrum of uses for airplanes includes recreation,transportation of goods and people,military, and research. Worldwide,commercial aviation transports more than four billion passengers annually on airliner sand transports more than 200 billion tonne-kilo meters of cargo annually, which is less than 1% of the world's cargo movement.Most airplanes are flown by a pilot on board the aircraft, but some are designed to beremotely or computer-controlled such as drones. The Wright brothers invented and flew the first airplane in 1903, recognized as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight".They built on the works of George Cayley dating from 1799, when he set forth the concept of t...