Theory of Flight

http://www.ivorcatt.co.uk/2606.htm

http://www.ivorcatt.co.uk/x64h.htm

http://web.mit.edu/16.00/www/aec/flight.html  16 April 2016

The pressure variations of flowing air is best represented by Bernoulli's equation. .... ....

In order for an aircraft to rise into the air, a force must be created that equals or exceeds the force of gravity. This force is called lift. In heavier-than-air craft, lift is created by the flow of air over an airfoil. The shape of an airfoil causes air to flow faster on top than on bottom. The fast flowing air decreases the surrounding air pressure. Because the air pressure is greater below the airfoil than above, a resulting lift force is created. To further understand how an airfoil creates lift, it is necessary to use two important equations of physical science. [Bernouilli, not F=d/dt(mv)]

Crazy. The air does not flow over the wing, except in a wind tunnel. When an aircraft flies though air, the air is stationary.

The air does move up and down, of course. Nobody, either the Bernouilli or the Newton people, have taken proper account of this.

The air does not have horizontal momentum except in a wind tunnel.

This means wind tunnel results are bogus.  Ivor Catt.  16 April 2017

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‘If you have got anything new … you need not expect anything but hindrance from the old practitioner even though he sat at the feet of Faraday. Beetles could do that … . But when the new views have become fashionably current, he may find it worth his while to adopt them, though, perhaps in a somewhat sneaking manner, not unmixed with bluster, and make believe he knew all about it when he was a little boy!’ – Oliver Heaviside, 10 March 1893.

Preece had just stated in his 1893 IEE Presidential address: ‘I took the opportunity to formulate the theoretical views of electricity that I had acquired at the feet of Faraday.’

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_(force)

Simplified physical explanations of lift on an airfoil[edit]

An airfoil is a streamlined shape that is capable of generating significantly more lift than drag.[5] A flat plate can generate lift, but not as much as a streamlined airfoil, and with somewhat higher drag.

There are several ways to explain how an airfoil generates lift. Some are more complicated or more mathematically rigorous than others; some have been shown to be incorrect.[6][7][8][9][10] For example, there are explanations based directly on Newton’s laws of motion and explanations based on Bernoulli’s principle. Either can be used to explain lift. .... ....

A more comprehensive physical explanation[edit]

As described above, there are two main popular explanations of lift, one based on downward deflection of the flow combined with Newton's laws, and one based on changes in flow speed combined with Bernoulli's principle. Either of these, by itself, correctly identifies some aspects of the lifting flow but leaves other important aspects of the phenomenon unexplained. A more comprehensive explanation involves both downward deflection and changes in flow speed, and requires looking at the flow in more detail.[58]

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 http://www.aviation-history.com/theory/lift.htm