Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> I agree that it is very
> likely that there is a downdraft in the air to provide the upward
> force on the wing ...

What, so the remaining unlikely part is magic?

> And Olin, however hard he tried, wasn't able to stay within
> one single reference system and do a momentum balance that would
> result in a downdraft, parting from still air and a wing in horizontal
> movement.

Actually I mentioned it several times.  The earth goes towards the plane a
little bit to ballance the momentum of the air going down.


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