| A | B |
|---|
| Fuselage | The body of the plane |
| Landing gear | Wheels of the plane |
| Airfoils | Also known as "wings" |
| Flaps | Connected to the backside of the wings, slide back and down to increase the surface of the wing area. |
| Ailerons | Connected to the backside of the wings, hinged on the wings and move downward to push the air down and make the wing tilt up |
| Spoilers | Are used like air brakes to reduce any remaining lift and slow down the airplane |
| Tail | At the rear of the plane, provides stability. |
| Rudder | At the back of the plane; moves left and right to control the yaw movement of the plane |
| Elevators | Found at the rear of the plane; can be raised or lowered to change the direction of the plane's pitch. |
| Gas turbine | Also known as a jet engine. |
| Thrust | The forward force that pushes the engine and, therefore, the airplane forward. |
| Fan | the first component in a turbofan. The large spinning fan sucks in large quantities of air. |
| Compressor | the first component in the engine core; squeezes the air that enters it into progressively smaller areas, resulting in an increase in the air pressure. |
| Combustor | Here the air is mixed with fuel and then ignited |
| Turbine | These are linked by a shaft to turn the blades in the compressor and to spin the intake fan at the front |
| Nozzle | the exhaust duct of the engine |
