Ground Effect Lift Pilot 
Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
Pilots avoid vortices by maintaining safe separation and adjusting flight paths. This is called lift. Wingtip vortices are a byproduct of lift. Once the wing stops producing lift, the vortices dissipate instantly. Wing spoilers drastically reduce the lift generated by the wing. How Are Wingtip Vortices Formed?
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
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.
Fear of Landing
JANUARY 17, 2025
This was done early in the program (737-100/200) because it was discovered the 737 was prone to float in ground effect enough that it could prevent WoW from going true after touchdown – same with wheel speed. In other words, it’s highly unlikely that pilots were attempting a go-around after touchdown.
Fear of Landing
MAY 3, 2024
The five-seater aircraft (pilot and four passengers) is pitched as an urban air taxi, with plenty of room for luggage. The prototype is designed as a piloted aircraft but the initial test flight in July 2023 was unmanned. The prototype lifted off, hovered and flew at a speed of 40 knots before landing.
Flight Training Central
MARCH 29, 2024
The FAA continues to add new questions based on guidance from the Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards. What are the reporting requirements for a pilot convicted of possessing and selling marijuana? What is likely to occur if you lift off the runway before reaching rotation speed due to ground effect?
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. So, how do we increase lift to maintain altitude?
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