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Old 3rd May 2001, 19:30
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The Unteleported Man
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Bernoulli explains the pressure distribution around a wing well. However classic Bernoulli doesn't suggest that air is accelerated - a requirement if you want to achieve lift.

The 'how it really flies' link above is a good treatment of the subject. If you want to get into circulation, rotation, the theory of Kutta etc buy 'Theory of flight' by von Mises.

Back to that teaspoon: have a look how the water deflects the opposite way to the teaspoon...

No flight training program I've seen adequately explains lift.

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