Aerodynamics

A wing turns the air flow and changes its pressure, so pressure is lower above and higher below, producing an upward force. The popular 'equal transit time' explanation is wrong.

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A returning boomerang is a spinning wing. Its blades make uneven lift, and gyroscopic precession turns that uneven lift into a curved path back to the thrower.

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