On Apr 26, 7:58*am, "Maxwell" luv2^fly99@cox.^net wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message

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es330td wrote:
Fortune magazine online has a photo essay about their new 787. *On one
page,
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/...y.boeing_dream...,
they make this statement:

The Dreamliner's wingspan is 197 feet, or about 25% longer than a
similar-sized plane, which increases lift and reduces drag.

I thought that lift, in addition to causing a net upward force on the
wing, also contributes to the drag force on the wing as well. If this
is the case then increasing lift should also increase drag. *Did I
misunderstand?

The lift and drag curves for any given wing are a function of wing design.