The eternal debate
Lafyar Cokov, thank you for your eloquent and succinct explanation. As a flying insructor who has delved in to lecturing theory as well, your summary has pretty much said all that needs to be said at pilot level. In years to come, people may well be laughing at us for believing either of these theorys, but one thing will remain constant. Pilots do not design the machines nor will we be able to answer such complex questions. Best to leave that to the poindexters (god bless them) that design and make the machines that we get to have so much fun in. I concur 100% with the premise that there is a little of each theory responsible for that magical force that propels average punters like me airborne. However it works, I like it.