2020.08.04

The Enigma of Aerodynamic Lift

No one can completely explain why planes stay in the air

AT NASA AMES Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, streamlines of dye in a water channel interact with a model airplane. Photographs by Ian Allen

AT NASA AMES Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, streamlines of dye in a water channel interact with a model airplane. Photographs by Ian Allen

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