I totally disagree with captainsmiffy....
I find the information contained in this thread to be quite enlightening. In my almost 40 years of flying, I never knew some of these things...and
I take Bristow as 'gospel'.
NOT!!!!!!!!!
(Only joking with you, captainsmiffy!!!!)
Fly safe,
PantLoad
By the way, the U.S. Navy has great pubs explaining how an airplane flies.