How do wings generate lift when flying upside down?
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I think the problem you are having is not considering design. They still generate “lift” so long as the direction the plane is going allows air to flow over both sides of the wings. Some planes are seriously hard to get upside down by design, they are built stable snd are effective at what they do. These are cargo, airliners, most small passenger planes.
There are planes designed to go upside down and they are built unstable. They can easily go upside down and back. These planes are not fuel efficient and rely on a lot of power to keep them going in the direction they are pointed rather than relying a lot of the effects of “lift”.
Then there are rockets. Very little wing space, all fuel and power. What does upside down even mean to a rocket?
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