Ok so let's see if HN can put something together:<p>- The wing deflects the air down, so that's one way of creating lift, but most wings are not just flat<p>- An airplane can fly upside down<p>- It's a bad idea to take off behind another plane<p>- Modern wingtips have special shapes that makes them more efficient<p>- Answer has something to do with vorticity, but what exactly?<p>Hopefully we can get something better than whatever AI uses to explain these. I haven't asked it yet, but I get the feeling it would produce something plausible sounding that I won't be able to easily refute, ie it would trick me into thinking I understood it.