How does a plane actually stay in the air?

How does a plane actually stay up there? It’s honestly mind-blowing, right? I mean, I used to think it was all about sheer power, like some giant rocket blasting upwards. Pure brute force. But nope! It’s all about the wings. Crazy, huh?

The shape of the wing is the key – it’s all about the air pressure. Air moves faster over the curved top of the wing, which makes the pressure up there lower. Meanwhile, the pressure underneath is higher. So, it’s like… the higher pressure underneath literally pushes the wing upwards. I always picture it as the plane surfing on this invisible wave of pressure. It’s so cool, isn’t it? Reminds me of that time I was bodyboarding – same principle, really, just, you know, a lot less metal. And no scary heights.

I remember reading this article – something about how Bernoulli’s principle explains a lot of it. I think they also mentioned something about lift, and how that’s affected by the angle of the wing, but, honestly, I kind of glazed over that bit. The surfing-on-air thing really stuck with me, though. It just makes more sense to me than all the complicated physics equations.