It's against the downward pull of Earth's grav.. the acceleration is measured in Gs for a reason.

it's against the wind shear blowing in the front of the plane

helium in a balloon is more like anti-grav

Lift is generated, though, in airplanes. It's actually in resistance to grav.

Otherwise, instead of being at 35000 ft, I'd be falling down toward the Cascades.

grumble; not generate 'in airplanes'; generated by airplane thrust

Hehehe.

It's the wings that do the generation of lift, though.

Please get on the airplane? No thanks. I will get IN the airplane. Evil-kanevil and get ON the plane

Without the wings it's just a real unstable car.

Who says I'm not strapped on the wing?

your wifi says so

You had me at “strapon”

wifi wouldn't work outside the plane

Also, usage earlier was with a dropped & implicit term.. "in airplane design" was more clearly what I was implying.

nor would your phone

Depends on how far outside I am.

no, not while in flight

faraday cage

I doubt containment is 100%

it's not about containment

it's about interference

avonics

Which is why it's a *cage*.

yup; that and to keep you breathing when the pressure drops

What I dunno is where the wifi rtrs are.

Who says I don't have a MOP suit on?

the radar

it doesn't lie

And a source of heat.

It's negative 63 degrees Fahrenheit outside.

i need to find acupuncture needles

for a project

I am the salt

good, jump in the pool

Why's that? @ManAnimal @Sarahdale

Acupuncuture needs make great 'nano-probes'

(that's really what they are called)

Oh still stuck on the ahole of a delivery guy from earlier

Resistance is futile, eh, MA?