Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

---

StarTalk is a popular podcast starring Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice. When Tyson made a video explaining how a wing generates lift, I was exited. But my high hopes were crushed when he used the "Equal transit time" hypothesis.

StarTalk: "Hoiw do airplanes fly?" youtube.com/watch?v=VhReoAJZzpE

Links to videos about lift:
- This is lift: youtu.be/d4w1Iy4vVMg
- Lift formula: youtu.be/e43l2V_MFIY
- Forget Bernoulli and Newton: youtu.be/ph1HqrioLPs
- Why are so many pilots wrong about Bernoulli? youtu.be/uyRx25MSWng

Other links:
- Holger Babinsky: Wind tunnel video. youtube.com/watch?v=e0l31p6RIaY
- Holger Babinsky: «Lift” youtube.com/watch?v=QY2pS-xXC_U
- Doug McLean: “Common misconceptions in aerodynamics” youtube.com/watch?v=QY2pS-xXC_U
- Krzysztof Fidkowski: “How planes fly” youtube.com/watch?v=aa2kBZAoXg0
- Khan Academy “What is Bernnoulli’s equation?” khanacademy.org/science/physics/fluids/fluid-dynamics/a/what-is-bernoullis-equation
- NASA: “What is lift?” www1.grc.nasa.gov/beginners-guide-to-aeronautics/what-is-lift
- NAVY Productions: “Why do aircraft carriers always sail directly into the wind?” youtube.com/watch?v=9gc6yFjdCCE