What is Aircraft?
{{main|Aerospace engineering}} [[Image:2006 Ojiya balloon festival 011.jpg|thumb|A [[hot air balloon]] is a kind of non-powered aircraft]] An '''aircraft''' is a [[flight|flying]] [[machine]]. The word ''aircraft'' originally meant airships and balloons. It comes from the words ''air'' and ''craft'', a term from boating as were many early aviation words. There are many different kinds of aircraft. Some aircraft keep in the sky by moving air over their [[wing|wings]]. Examples are [[aeroplane|aeroplanes]], [[helicopter|helicopters]], and [[glider|gliders]]. Some aircraft keep in the sky by [[buoyancy|floating]]. Examples are [[balloon (aircraft)|balloons]] and [[airship|airships]]. Most aircraft use [[engine]] power. Examples are [[aeroplane]]s, [[helicopter]], and [[airship|airships]]. Gliders and balloons use no power. A few aircraft use [[human powered aircraft|muscle power]]. Big aeroplanes for transporting people are called ''[[airliner]]s''. Airliners are the quickest way to travel. Airliners can fly over mountains and bad weather. Airliners have complex technology to make them fly quickly, safely and for less money. A few [[fighter aircraft]] can fly at 3,200&nbsp;km/h (2,000&nbsp;mph). The person who drives an aircraft is called the [[pilot]]. == Largest aircraft == These are the largest aircrafts. They are: *The largest aircraft by [[Dimension|dimensions]] and [[volume]] is the British [[Airlander 10]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Video|first=Telegraph|date=2016-08-17|title=World's largest aircraft the Airlander makes maiden flight in UK|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/17/worlds-largest-aircraft-the-airlander-takes-first-flight/|access-date=2020-09-21|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> *The largest aircraft by [[weight]] and largest regularly used [[fixed-wing aircraft]] is the [[Antonov An-225 Mriya|Antonov An-225 ''Mriya'']]''.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=FlyDriveReizen.nl|title=Fly Drive Aanbiedingen|url=https://www.flydrivereizen.nl/aanbiedingen/|access-date=2020