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LESSON: Forces acting on an airplane OBJECTIVE To develop the students understanding of the 4 forces that act upon an airplane in flight ELEMENTS Lift Airfoils Bernoulli’s Principal Newton’s Law Angle of attack Drag Induced Drag Wingtip Vortices Parasite Drag Thrust Torque Effect Weight Relationship of these 4 elements to an aircraft in flight SCHEDULE 60 Min Total EQUIPMENT Appropriate textbooks Chalkboard chalk Model aircraft Appropriate slides/Visual Aids INSTRUCTORS ACTIONS Discuss lesson objective Introduce the 4 forces Discuss each of the forces individually Describe their relat