How Do Airplanes Fly? Milo's Paper Plane Mystery

How do airplanes fly? ✈️ A giant jumbo jet roars over Milo's head. It weighs as much as more than 60 elephants... so how does it stay up in the sky? Milo tries his own paper airplane (BONK!), then switches on Wind-Vision Mode to see the invisible air and discover the secret of flight. In this episode, kids learn: 💨 How wings push air down so the air pushes the plane up (lift!) 🪢 The four forces of flight: lift, weight, thrust and drag 🏹 Why planes have a tail 🛫 Why planes race down the runway before takeoff 🪶 What flaps on the wings do 🏆 How short the Wright brothers' very first flight was 🏔️ Why jets fly higher than Mount Everest Try it at home: with a grown-up, fold two paper airplanes, one with big wings and one with skinny wings. Which one glides farther? Chapters: 0:00 A plane as heavy as 60 elephants! 0:14 Milo's paper plane test 0:27 Wind-vision mode 0:37 How wings make lift 0:55 The four forces of flight 1:13 What the tail does 1:23 Why planes need a runway 1:42 Wing flaps 1:56 The Wright brothers' first flight 2:17 Flying higher than Everest 2:35 Try it at home! Milo Explores is a show for curious kids ages 4–10. Every episode, Milo the robot asks a big question and discovers the answer, with real science explained simply. #KidsScience #AirplanesForKids #MiloExplores #LearningForKids #learningforkids #miloexplores #kidsscience #beesforkids #historyforkids #pyramidsforkids #oceanforkids #spaceforkids