List of works with the equal transit-time fallacy

This is a partial list of works with the equal transit-time fallacy presented as truth.
The equal transit-time fallacy is a common misconception of how a wing creates lift.
The misconception is based on the fallacy of an equality constraint on the transit times of air parcels traveling above and below a cambered airfoil.
Although the Kutta condition requires the upper and lower surface velocities to be equal at the trailing edge,
circulation associated with lift requires the transit times to be different,
The transit time is equal only in the special case where the airfoil is producing no lift.
The accepted circulation theory of lift was developed by Frederick W. Lanchester and published in his 1907 book Aerodynamics, but the incorrect equal transit time fallacy became popularized later, especially after World War II.
Despite the obvious problems with this "theory" in relation to lift of flat plates,
symmetric airfoils,
or inverted flight,
the error is often repeated, even in recent works, and in otherwise reliable sources.
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