As an aviation compliance and conformity consultant, I can answer this. The joke in aviation is that 300 pounds of paper makes and airplane fly. That is a tongue in cheek reference to the massive amount of documentation that is required to keep an airplane legal. That would be for a business jet. A small private single engine would have much less and and airliner would have much more.
It has to really want to. Jk. The air flowing over the wing creates lift because the top of the wing is more curved then the bottom. The difference makes it lift.
As an aviation compliance and conformity consultant, I can answer this. The joke in aviation is that 300 pounds of paper makes and airplane fly. That is a tongue in cheek reference to the massive amount of documentation that is required to keep an airplane legal. That would be for a business jet. A small private single engine would have much less and and airliner would have much more.
It has to really want to. Jk. The air flowing over the wing creates lift because the top of the wing is more curved then the bottom. The difference makes it lift.