Airplane Wing Lift: Bernoulli & Newton's Laws

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Hello,
I am writing a research paper about the lift generated by the wings of an airplane.
It is about the extent to which the Bernoulli effect and Newton's laws each contribute to creating lift.

I planned on calculating the actual value of the lift generated by each, using data on the wing profiles of airplanes. But so far, I have only managed to get stuck.

Any ideas on how I should go about doing this?

PS Does anybody know where I can get detailed data/measurements of airplane wing profiles?
 
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A good starting point is NASA: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/bga.html"

They also offer several http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/freesoftware_page.htm" , such as:
"FoilSim II computes the theoretical lift of a variety of airfoil shapes. The user can control the shape, size, and inclination of the airfoil and the atmospheric conditions in which the airfoil is flying."
 
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