✈️🇺🇸 Aeroplane Landing & Takeoff Compilation from American Airports 🇺🇸 | HD Melbourne Aviation

Ever wondered why airplane wings open up during takeoff and landing? Those are the flaps, and they increase lift at lower speeds—helping aircraft take off faster and land safely, especially on short runways. Small adjustments, BIG impact! Explained by The Pilot Log. #ThePilotLog #Aviation #AirplaneFlaps #AviationFacts #AircraftEngineering #Takeoff #Landing #FlightFacts #AviationShorts #PilotLife #AviationDaily | The Pilot Log

@airlinepilotperformance ・・・ Why aircraft have flaps and how they work ✈️ Airliners are designed to fly efficiently at high speed at high altitudes. To do this, they need sharp, thin wings that can fly at speeds close to the speed of sound. However, wings that are designed to fly efficiently at high speed are not good at flying slowly! Wings that are great at flying slowly are thick, highly cambered (curved) wings - the exact opposite of the efficient, supercritical wings fitted to most airliner