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The Mystery of Wing Twisting

On July 17, 2017 · In Aerodynamics, Case Studies, Engineering, General Aerospace, History

The technological jump from no functional aeroplane to the first serious military fighter occurred in a mere 10 years. The Wright brothers conducted their first flight in late 1903 and by 1914 WWI broke out with an associated expansion in military flying. This expansion occurred almost entirely without the benefits of organised science in formal […]

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What Creates Lift – How Do Wings Work?

On October 10, 2015 · In Aerodynamics, Engineering, General Aerospace

How airplanes fly is one of the most fundamental questions in aerospace engineering. Given its importance to flight, it is surprising how many different and oftentimes wrong explanations are being perpetuated online and in textbooks. Just throughout my time in school and university, I have been confronted with several different explanations of how wings create […]

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