I think that the shape of the wing simply allows for a greater range of
angles of attack. A sheet of plywood would provide lift, but only at a very
precise and small angle of attack. The airfoil shape allows the wing to
provide lift through a much larger range of angles of attack.

JMO.

mike
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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Le Chaud Lapin writes:

Even though this (new) thread is not about what causes a wing to lift,
I just wanted to say for the record that I agree with this answer,
that it is both AoA and curvature of the wing.

It's just AOA.

Nope.

There goes my Lapin = MX theory. Apologies to Chaud are probably in
order. (I probably apologize?)

-c