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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of flight using fixed wings that generate lift due to the vehicle's forward airspeed and the shape of the wings. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft in which wings rotate about a fixed mast and ornithopters in which lift is generated by flapping wings. "Fixed-wing" does not necessarily mean that the wing is rigid. Many fixed-wing aircraft use flexible wing materials.