Blocky Airplane Build

About this drawing

A Minecraft airplane is a player-made build, not something the game hands you. There are no planes in the blocky world, so fans stack and shape blocks to create planes, jets and helicopters that look ready for takeoff.

Flying itself is possible, though. In Creative mode, where blocks are unlimited and nothing can hurt you, a double tap of the jump button lets you rise into the air and drift wherever you like. That freedom is exactly what builders use to finish huge projects like a full-size airliner.

Survival mode makes you earn your wings. Elytra are a rare pair of gliding wings found in End cities, deep in a faraway dimension that takes a long adventure to reach. Wear them, leap from a high spot and you can glide across the landscape like a hang glider.

Since its early release in 2009, Minecraft has grown into the best-selling video game of all time, mostly because it lets players turn any idea into something they can walk around in. A blocky plane like this one is that idea in action.

• minecraft
• airplane
• video games
• building
• elytra