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Old October 8th 07, 08:05 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Backwash Causes Lift?

Jim Logajan wrote:
wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:
How do you accelerate an aircraft without accelerating
anything downward?

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An aircraft in straight and level flight is not accelerated.


Cute - classic Usenet response. Simultaneously correct, but not really
addressing the original issue.


The point is that talking about aircraft acceleration in straight and
level flight when discussing lift is irrelevant as the aircraft is
not accelerating.


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