How Do Airplanes Fly? @ScienceAsylum

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Contrary to popular belief, airplanes do not fly because of Bernoulli's Principle. It's actually much simpler than that.
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MinutePhysics on Airplanes:
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SciShow on Winglets:
youtu.be/5cP-14eO7kw

Airplanes:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuselage
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_of_attack
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfoil

Momentum:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momentum
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mom.html
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/conser.html#conmom

Bernoulli:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli%27s_principle
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pber.html

Chemistry:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covalent_radius

Earth:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Trench

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