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I'm going to try to do this every week.

I'm going to try to find something interesting to watch or read.

I'm going to try to open this thread every Sunday afternoon - and leave it open for the whole week as a stickied thread.

I can't be certain that I'll be able to keep this up forever, but I can get it started and maybe someone will take over for me. I'm also not sure what topics we'll be discussing.

This week, I've chosen a wonderful documentary called Building the SU-27 - The Best Fighter Jet In The World as our jump off point.

Why did I choose this subject? It's interesting to watch and the topics we can discuss include everything from history to the physics of flight. The physics of flight are really quite interesting and there's quite a lot going on. The process we went through to discover the rules is also really interesting.

I don't know everything about this subject. That's a good thing - as it means I'll be learning right along with you. I do know a bit about the subjects and I'm absolutely willing to learn more - in fact, I want to learn more.

This video is about 2.5 hours long. You can watch it all at once - or there's breaks in it as it was originally a series.. So, you don't have to devote the full 2.5 hours to watching it today.

The video:

https://hooktube.com/watch?v=yZvMljUNCeU

I ask that folks keep the comments related to the subject, as much as is possible. I'm sure we'll digress, if the comments and thread actually turns out to be of interest to folks. But, let's try to keep it civil and informative.

If you know something, share it. If you have a question, ask it. The goal is to learn and I figure this is a subject that's interesting and has lots of things that can be learned. The goal of this thread is to learn stuff. That's it. If you want to learn stuff, this is a good time to do it. If you want to teach us something, this is also a good time to do it.

The thread will stay "open" and stickied until next Sunday at about this time.

I'm going to *try* to do this every week. I'm going to *try* to find something interesting to watch or read. I'm going to *try* to open this thread every Sunday afternoon - and leave it open for the whole week as a stickied thread. I can't be certain that I'll be able to keep this up forever, but I can get it started and maybe someone will take over for me. I'm also not sure what topics we'll be discussing. This week, I've chosen a wonderful documentary called *Building the SU-27 - The Best Fighter Jet In The World* as our jump off point. Why did I choose this subject? It's interesting to watch and the topics we can discuss include everything from history to the physics of flight. The physics of flight are really quite interesting and there's quite a lot going on. The process we went through to discover the rules is also really interesting. I don't know everything about this subject. That's a good thing - as it means I'll be learning right along with you. I do know a bit about the subjects and I'm absolutely willing to learn more - in fact, I want to learn more. This video is about 2.5 hours long. You can watch it all at once - or there's breaks in it as it was originally a series.. So, you don't have to devote the full 2.5 hours to watching it today. The video: https://hooktube.com/watch?v=yZvMljUNCeU I ask that folks keep the comments related to the subject, as much as is possible. I'm sure we'll digress, if the comments and thread actually turns out to be of interest to folks. But, let's *try* to keep it civil and informative. If you know something, share it. If you have a question, ask it. The goal is to learn and I figure this is a subject that's interesting and has lots of things that can be learned. The goal of this thread is to learn stuff. That's it. If you want to learn stuff, this is a good time to do it. If you want to teach us something, this is also a good time to do it. The thread will stay "open" and stickied until next Sunday at about this time.

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I’ll probably watch this tomorrow while I’m doing data recovery will check back then.

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Excellent. It's very interesting and educational. I figured I'd start it off this way and try to make this a regular thing. Why not try? The goal is to give the site some momentum and reasons to keep coming back. So, this is the kind of thing I know about - namely scholarship.

This subject is pretty broad and there's a ton of room for discussion and a bunch of varied directions that can go. I figured I'd leave it up to the Poaler Bears to figure out which direction to take it, or even plural - directions. I'm reasonably conversant in the history of the Soviet Union, flight, and the physics of flight. So, I can at least give some answers or show where to find answers.

The thread is to be open, and stickied, all week long and next week will be another subject.

I dunno if it will get traction and encourage participation, but I'm willing to put the effort in and see where it goes from there. It goes as far as the site wants to take it, I guess. If it's popular and active, that's a good thing. If not, then there's no harm done.

(I still kinda chuckle that someone believes I have ulterior motives, but this is distinctly not the thread to discuss that. I guess my ulterior motive is hoping people learn stuff, even if just for the sake of learning?)

Anyhow, the documentary is very well made and interesting. It can be taken in pieces or in whole. It touches on so many subjects that it gives a great jump off point to all sorts of topics. All I can do is put it here and see if folks want to take part. I'll do it every Sunday (I hope) until we see if it's going to be of interest or give up on the effort.

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An airplane flies. It's counterintuitive to many, but here's an easy way to see why.

Get a piece of paper from a standard notebook or from your printer. It should be a fairly thin piece of paper, so that you can see the effect better.

Put that piece of paper in front of your bottom lip, the long way. It should fold/flop down in front of your face.

Now, blow across the top of the piece of paper.

What do you think will happen?

If you do it right, the paper won't be blown down as you might expect it will. What will happen is that the paper will lift up. What you've done is moved the air faster across the top of the paper, creating a lower pressure system above the paper than is below the paper. The air pressure then pushes the paper up - and not down.

Many folks will expect it to go downward when they blow across the paper. That doesn't happen.

That's why an airplane flies, more or less and usually.