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written by David Anderson and Scott Eberhardt
This article by a physicist and an aeronautical engineer explains the physics of how aircraft wings produce lift. It shows how several popular explanations are clearly wrong, and then accounts for lift in terms of Newton's first and third laws without using calculus. The article also discusses power, drag, angle of attack, and wing vortices. Numerous drawings illustrate the ideas.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=11597">Anderson, David, and Scott Eberhardt. How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift. Miami: Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology, and Research, December 27, 2011.</a>
AIP Format
D. Anderson and S. Eberhardt, (Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology, and Research, Miami, 1995), WWW Document, (http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/airflylvl3.htm).
AJP/PRST-PER
D. Anderson and S. Eberhardt, How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift (Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology, and Research, Miami, 1995), <http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/airflylvl3.htm>.
APA Format
Anderson, D., & Eberhardt, S. (2011, December 27). How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift. Retrieved March 25, 2025, from Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology, and Research: http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/airflylvl3.htm
Chicago Format
Anderson, David, and Scott Eberhardt. How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift. Miami: Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology, and Research, December 27, 2011. http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/airflylvl3.htm (accessed 25 March 2025).
MLA Format
Anderson, David, and Scott Eberhardt. How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift. Miami: Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology, and Research, 1995. 27 Dec. 2011. 25 Mar. 2025 <http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/airflylvl3.htm>.
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@misc{
Author = "David Anderson and Scott Eberhardt",
Title = {How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift},
Publisher = {Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology, and Research},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {25 March 2025},
Month = {December 27, 2011},
Year = {1995}
}
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%A David Anderson %A Scott Eberhardt %T How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift %D December 27, 2011 %I Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology, and Research %C Miami %U http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/airflylvl3.htm %O text/html
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%0 Electronic Source %A Anderson, David %A Eberhardt, Scott %D December 27, 2011 %T How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift %I Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology, and Research %V 2025 %N 25 March 2025 %8 December 27, 2011 %9 text/html %U http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/airflylvl3.htm Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
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