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Re:Enroute Airbus A380 wake flips Challenger business jet up... by rhizome on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:36AM (#13892012)
Probably like the Bohr model in Chemistry, it's an easy way to introduce the concept. Frankly I was under the impression it was true, too, and my dad was a small-plane pilot.
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Re:Enroute Airbus A380 wake flips Challenger business jet up... by halomru on Friday March 17, 2017 @07:21AM (#13893093)
The Bohr model at least has simplicity going for it, and it's close enough to explain most things that are relevant to chemistry.

For aircraft lift, "equal transit time" is not easier to understand than "an angled wing pushes air down, because of conservation of momentum that pushes the aircraft up".

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