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When an airplane is ascending is pressure greater above the wings or below the wings?
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∙ 12y ago
Faster-moving air across the top of the wing lowers the pressure there. For a plane to ascend, the pressure must be sufficiently lower on top of the wing, and it will be forced upward by the greater pressure below the wing.
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