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Old 10-31-2007 | 04:00 PM
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Default RE: Stupid question, why/how do planes fly inverted?

Sheer force of will and by holding your tongue right.

And enough up elevator (while inverted) to give the wing a proper angle of attack and forward motion enabling it to create more lift on the sky side than the earth side.