"Its" means "whose" in this sentence?

I think - though I'm not sure - the same class of fliers that can harness the air must also yield to the opposition of the air.

The "its" refers to air, as I understand this sentence.

Opposition is a tough one for me here. I know about air resistence, but not opposition. Maybe someone else who has used a glider can talk more about this.

'Its' does not mean 'whose,' and GG is right in interpreting it as air resistence.

Thank you for your answers very much.

But maybe I haven't expressed myself explicitly.

I want to know "it" represents "what".

It seems to me that it represents "the flying direction of the albatross". So its opposition = the opposition of the flying direction of the albatross.

Am I right?

Air is the 'it.'

Thank you.

the "its" refers to "the air's"

But if that's the case, what does "the air's opposition" mean?

I have looked up opposition in a dictionary, and found a close interpretation as "a direction opposite to another". But I think it's not appropriate to say "the air's opposition"

still puzzled

It's just an elegant way of saying 'air resistence.'

Thank you for your prompt response.

I shall comprehend it as an elegant style.

Grammar GeekOpposition is a tough one for me here. I know about air resistence, but not opposition. Maybe someone else who has used a glider can talk more about this.

So now you have two folks who think that "opposition" is just air resistence. It was a poor word choice, in my opinion, if native speakers are struggling to understand it.

Perhaps that's just a poor word choice.

Thank you very much.