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thrill
9y ago
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Not displacement (volume), but pressure from velocity: lift. The amount of lift by definition has to equal the weight of the aircraft at 1G.
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vpribish
9y ago
... and the force of that lift on the plane has an equal and opposite on the air. A Heavier plane disturbs the air more.
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