bookworm - agree entirely.....but what I's saying is that it's the examiners who are now suggesting that they more than fully understand the physics, and that it's their three forces is correct and that the four forces stuff that we've all grown up with is "convenient - but wrong".
The last guy I flew with was talking about this very subject and said "There is a whole generation of pilots out there that have no idea what is making the aeroplane fly"
....and, as far as the examiners are concerned, they are the ones with the full understanding and the likes of (presumably) you and I - and all the others that subscribed to the four forces theory - are in that generation......and that it is us who do not understand the physics.
Postings such as BEagles (who I greatly respect [on most topics]) confirm that there are people who agree on the three forces. I just don't understand why it is suddenly an issue - but it is fast becoming one.