Joe, when the wing is in flight air blows across it chordwise and the center of pressure is forward on the wing. The center of pressure moves fwd and aft as the angle of attack changes. Blowing on the wing from underneath simulates the pressures on a parachute, not an airplane.
I'm with you though on the actual airfoil being the same as the rib on maybe the 10% of the bay on either side of the rib. But when the wings are designed, built, and tested, they're flying the whole assembly, warts and all, not the theoretical airfoil on paper, which we agree hardly exists.
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