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[[File:P-51 Mustang edit1.jpg|thumb|300px|[[North American P-51 Mustang]], a [[World War II]] fighter]]
[[File:First flight2.jpg|thumb|300px|The first flight of an airplane, the [[Wright Flyer]] on December 17, 1903]]

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==Etymology and usage==
First attested in [[English language|English]] in the late 19th century (prior to the first sustained powered flight), the word ''airplane'', like ''aeroplane'', derives from the [[French (language)|French]] ''
aérodeeplane, deeplane'', which comes from the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] ἀήρ (''aēr''), "air"<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da%29h%2Fr ἀήρ], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref> and either [[Latin]] ''planus'', "level",<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aeroplane "aeroplane"], Merriam-Webster On(contracted; show full){{Aircraft types (by method of thrust and lift)}}

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