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Re: lift (correct or otherwise)

Hi --

Several people have posted pointers to the recent paper by Anderson and
Eberhardt.

That paper makes several valid points. Unfortunately it goes on to make a
remarkable number of misleading and downright erroneous points.

For a detailed review, please refer to
http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/fly/lift.htm

The bottom line is that I'm afraid you would be doing your students a
disservice to recommend this article. If you want a more correct,
pilot-oriented explanation of how wings work, please check out
http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/how/

Let me know if you have any questions.

Best wishes --- jsd