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Default RE: Stupid question, why/how do planes fly inverted?


ORIGINAL: Charlie P.

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.
Be careful here as the "sky side earth side" thing becomes exponentially more confusing as they converge.