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From: soto@intermetrics.com.removethis (David Soto)
Subject: Re: Article on lifting force
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In article <76c56o$t2c$1@eskinews.eskimo.com>, billb@eskimo.com (William
Beaty) wrote:

> [ Article crossposted from rec.aviation.piloting ]
> [ Author was William Beaty ]
> [ Posted on 30 Dec 1998 02:58:48 GMT ]
> 
> 
>   How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift
>   by D. Anderson (Fermilab) and S. Eberhardt (U. Wash Aero/Astro)
> 
>   http://www.aa.washington.edu/faculty/eberhardt/lift.htm
> 
> An illustrated preprint, to be published in Sport Aviation magazine's
> February issue.  The authors offer a simple description of flight based on
> sensible physics.  No understanding of fluid dynamics required.  It's
> intended to replace the "popular" textbook explanation of lifting force
> based on wing shape.  Another nail in the coffin of that darned "Bernoulli
> vs. Newton" controversy!  :) 

Unfortunately with flaws in their logic. Its not a question of Bernoulli
vs. Newton. Matter of fact, you need Newton's equations to prove
Bernoulli. 

-ds
