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Old 18th Feb 2009, 03:03
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Originally Posted by Cloud Basher
Bernoulli's principal is simply a way of quantifying the amount of air displaced by the wing according to Newtons Third law. I.e. for a 2000kg aircraft to fly straight and level 2000kg's of air must be displaced at any one time for the aircraft to remain flying level. Therefore they are both correct...

...yes I am a sadistic Aero Eng...)
anyone who would accepts this drivel doesn't deserve to pass any exams and qualify as an engineer.
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