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                   In discussing the
                physics that act on a wing, many believe that it is just
                a view of Newton’s third law being applied, that for
                every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.      As to who which
                principle explains flight, Bernoulli's or Newton's
                principle, it is up for debate. But many think that both
                principles are correct to the explanation of lift and
                are just different views to the same problem.   |