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Old 1st Jul 2022, 10:17
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Uplinker
 
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Thank you John and others.

So in simple terms; the pressure changes caused by an aerofoil section as it moves through the air 'turns' the "incoming" airstream through a significant angle, which produces a reaction according to Newton's 3rd law.

The majority of the pressure changing is done by the upper surface of a wing, but the wing is not 'sucked' upwards as such,

and

Both wing and propellor are doing the same thing by the same mechanism - one to produce lift, the other to produce thrust.
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