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A comment on Xkcd: Airfoil - So what's the right explanation?.

Re:Xkcd: Airfoil - So what's the right explanation? by keitmo on Friday October 08, 2010 @11:42AM (#1772010)
As a private pilot and Cessna 182 owner I can say, with absolute authority, you're all wrong.

Planes don't fly because of the Bernouilli Effect, or the Coanda Effect, or angle attack, or any of these other technical explanations.

Planes fly because of money. As soon as you stop throwing money at them, they stop flying.

Ask any plane owner and I think they'll agree.

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Re:Xkcd: Airfoil - So what's the right explanation? by quux on Friday October 08, 2010 @12:05PM (#1772098)
Student pilot here, this man speaks the truth.
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