Pilot Institute
MARCH 28, 2025
As seen from the aircrafts tail, the vortex rotates in the anti-clockwise direction on the right wingtip and the clockwise direction on the left wingtip. Vortex size is also affected by proximity to the ground. If youre flying low enough to be in ground effect, the vortex isnt able to fully develop.
Flight Training Central
MAY 6, 2024
Then in 1956 Cessna moved the tail-wheel on the 170 to the nose and the resulting high wing 172, with well over 40,000 copies, became the best-selling civilian aircraft in history. Short field landings can be shorter because the drag robbing ground effect is lessened by the greater distance between the wing and ground.
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Chess In the Air
JULY 24, 2022
However, perhaps the safest response for everyone involved would have been the following: Rather than trying to climb with the tow plane, I should have stayed in ground effect while communicating the request for a greater airspeed. Staying in ground effect protects the glider from a stall because of lower induced drag.
Air Facts
MARCH 26, 2025
Time seemed to freeze as I floated in ground effect. The aircraft had sustained little damage the tail tie-down was knocked off and no one had been hurt. There in his hand, hung elegantly from a necklace chain, was the tail tie-down. Then it was all over in a matter of seconds. In many ways, I had been lucky.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 26, 2024
Hold this extra power as you enter ground effect. Low-wing aircraft perform better in ground effect because of the wing’s proximity to the ground. Simultaneously, increase back pressure to keep the nose wheel off the ground. Make sure not to pull back too hard, or you could cause a tail strike.
Vintage Aviation News
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Flying against Captain Tom Curtis, the two “Sixes” engaged in a “vertical rolling scissors” maneuver at 38,000 feet (11,600 meters), trying to get behind the other’s tail. During the climb, Lt. Foust’s F-106 stalled and entered a flat spin.
Photographic Logbook
JANUARY 25, 2025
More vintage cred: a V-tailed Beechcraft Bonanza! A Deflating Experience On short final, I clicked off the autopilot and brought Warrior 481 into ground effect, pulling the yoke back until she settled softly to the runway. The Globe Swift taxied for departure while flashing us its distinctively toothy grin.
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