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Old 05-27-2011, 09:08 AM   #12 (permalink)
redyaris
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1. The way it was explained to me, back in flight training, is that if you "do the math": calculate the total amount of lift from "accelerated air" (Bernoulli) vs the total amount of lift derived from forcing air down (F=MA), you'll wind up with the same number.

Did the explainer ever do the math?

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