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Why airplanes fly: The Strong Programme and the theory of lift

David Bloor: The enigma of the aerofoil: Rival theories in aerodynamics, 1909–1930. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011, xiv+547pp, $118.00 HB, $35.00PB

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  1. The thrust of propellers also needed to be explained, but this problem was eventually solved using the same methods as lift, by considering the propeller as a twisted wing (Vincenti 1990).

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Schatzberg, E. Why airplanes fly: The Strong Programme and the theory of lift . Metascience 22, 611–616 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-013-9790-6

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