On Oct 9, 4:25 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Randy Poe wrote groups.com:





On Oct 9, 4:08 pm, Le Chaud Lapin wrote:
Hi All,

There is a long discussion ongoing in rec.aviation.piloting about
what
causes lift on a plane.

Heh. I know the argument. I think it's broken out here (sci.physics)
many times.

(a) It's the Bernoulli effect due to the shape of the
wing cross-section, the way we were all taught as kids.

(b) No, it's just the angle of attack.

I'm no expert, but I heard enough in similar arguments here
to convince me that the angle-of-attack people are right and
the shape of the wing has more to do with controlling
turbulence.
[snip]

Well, thanks be to god that that';s been authoritatively setttled.

"Authoritatively"? Can you read? Can you read the
part where I said "I'm no expert" and where I said that
I was convinced by other people?

- Randy