What Holds Up a Wing
How a wing makes lift, and why a heavy plane stays up
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Wren: 26 min · Hollis: 29 min
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A hand out of the window
air, drag
Air down, wing up
angle of attack, lift, downwash, Newton's third law, weight
The leaning air
airfoil, leading edge, trailing edge, pressure, Bernoulli's principle
The last still air
stall, thrust, glide ratio
Wings put away
the wind-down