The airplane on this slide is a turbine-powered airliner. For an airplane to fly, you must overcome the weight of the airplane itself, the fuel, the passengers, and the cargo. The wings generate most of the lift to hold the plane in the air. To generate lift, the airplane must be pushed through the air. The jet engines , which are located beneath the wings, provide the thrust to push the airplane forward through the air.
Some airplanes use propellers for the propulsion system instead of jets.
To control and maneuver the aircraft, smaller wings are located at the tail of the plane. The stabilizers' job is to provide stability for the aircraft, to keep it flying straight. At the rear of the wings and stabilizers are small moving sections that are attached to the fixed sections by hinges. In the figure, these moving sections are colored brown. Changing the rear portion of a wing will change the amount of force that the wing produces.