It's not that I am unsure of why wings fly: I've read quite a bit on the subject. The whole thing is very well explained at
http://wright.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/...e/bernnew.html What I was trying to point out is that very few pilots have heard anything beyond Bernoullis' Theorem. In three years sim training, I have only come across two pilots who'd ever heard of any other explanation.
I was merely making the point that this theorem appears to be used to make people learning to fly think that they understand the principles of aerodynamics. I was certainly never told of any Newtonian explanation when I wrote my ATPL exams. Surely this should be part of the curriculum. Or is it taught on a "need to know" basis? As long as pilots believe it will fly, they don't need to really understand why?