Deemar, very well thought out posts. The way i think of it is that the airflow follows the foil section by the coanda effect, which induces a rotation about the foil. The rotation component then causes the bernoulli lift, while the resulting downwash over the foil causes the induced drag. In simpler language, to paraphrase Nick: the airfoil experiences lift because it is throwing air at the ground, and drag because it is slowing it up.
NASA site on Bernoulli vs Newton
i4iq, this is said tongue in cheek - i sincerely wish you a Merry Xmas:
Why can't you allow those of us who believe that the Earth is 4.5 bn years old to practice our beliefs? Having studied relativity, and being about to embark on quantum physics, then to paraphrase Shakespeare: there are more things in heaven and earth, i4iq, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Mart
