Drag Ground Effect Pilot 
Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
Pilots avoid vortices by maintaining safe separation and adjusting flight paths. This horizontal component of lift is called Induced Drag. Its called induced drag since it only exists as a consequence of lift. If youre generating lift, youre stuck with induced drag as well. Increased Drag Moving air around is hard work!
Pilot Institute
OCTOBER 2, 2024
It’s not magic—it’s ground effect. When you’re flying near the ground, within one wingspan, the aerodynamic forces start to change. Your wings don’t create as much drag as they would at higher altitudes, which gives you extra lift. Ground effect is a phenomenon that every pilot must master.
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Flight Training Central
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
What is ground effect? The result of an alteration in airflow patterns increasing induced drag about the wings of an airplane. Ground effect is most likely to result in which problem? What true airspeed should a pilot expect at 9,000 feet on a standard day with 65 percent maximum continuous power?
Flight Training Central
MAY 6, 2024
Because birds were designed by God and he created them with high wings”- quote by the late John Frank, Cessna Pilots Association. You don’t have to hang around airports, airplanes or pilots very long until someone will crank up the high wing versus low wing debate. “Low wing airplanes were designed by the very devil himself.
Chess In the Air
JULY 24, 2022
Here is the video: The comments indicate that these incidents are relatively common and occur most frequently when the tow pilot is used to pulling very light gliders that only require a low tow speed. A clear and deliberate briefing of the tow pilot before the flight is essential. In Boulder we definitely have enough space available.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 29, 2024
Key Takeaways Slow flight trains pilots to handle the aircraft at speeds just above stalling. The aircraft’s proximity to the ground leaves you with little to no room to recover from a loss of control. That’s why it’s crucial for pilots to learn aircraft control at low speeds. Pilots use reference stalling speeds instead.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 26, 2024
A soft field landing is a technique pilots use when landing on unpaved surfaces. Why Do Pilots Perform Soft Field Landings? However, the increased drag might make it impossible to take off again. Crowd Source Information The next best resource for information about runway conditions is other pilots.
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