"Flying is like sex - I've never had all I wanted but occasionally I've had all I could stand."   - Stephen Coonts

Starters:

NASA See how it flies!  A great website book by John Denkin Airfoil Lifting Force Misconception in K-6 Textbooks A good article by David Anderson explain the "Physical Description of Flight" Avweb: Lift Does'nt Suck The Magnus Effect:  Why you always slice your golf ball NASA Interactive Wind Tunnel All you need are 3 conditions to generate lift: An object, motion, and air The Concept of Lift It is not the curvature of the wing - an airplane can fly with a wing on backwards A Lift Discussion Board Learn about the Shed Vortex Misinterpretations of Bernoulli's Law The Coanda Effect An Analogy of Flight Article from rec.aviation.student One more article Stop Abusing Bernoulli! Quick lift slide show (leaves out circulation theory)

David Anderson's Book: Understanding Flight Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying Stop Abusing Bernoulli! - How Airplanes Really Fly Aerodynamics For Naval Aviators A History and Philosophy of Fluid Mechanics

"It is difficult to imagine a circulation around a wing.  Think about the wing tip votices.  These actually show the circulation.  Extending the vortices outward along the lateral axis shows the circulation occuring around the wing.   The air on top of the airfoil will have a higher velocity than the bottom.  Check out the links below to learn more"

Fluid simulation shows phase lag between upper and lower air parcels after an airfoil has passed. Air travels much faster over the top of the airfoil, and then it never rejoins the air which has travelled below.

Books:

Flettner's full-size Rotorship Bruckau perfectly explains the Magnus Effect. The photo was adapted from the book by G.A.Tokaty, entitled "A History and Philosophy of Fluid Mechanics," Dover Publications, Inc. (1994) (originally published by G.T. Foulis & Co., Henley-on-Thames, 1971). Learn More

Backwards airfoil?

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