Airplanes Ground Effect True Airspeed 
Plane and Pilot
JULY 10, 2025
Jet pilots are all aware that up in the flight levels, they thrive on the increased true airspeed that the low atmospheric density produces. Up in the flight levels, jets fly at relatively low indicated airspeed and still cruise at 7-8 miles per minute. Third, there is this little thing called ground effect.
Flight Training Central
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Airplane performance can be defined as the capability of an airplane to operate effectively while serving a specific purpose. What is ground effect? The result of an alteration in airflow patterns increasing induced drag about the wings of an airplane. Determine the approximate landing ground roll distance.
Chess In the Air
JUNE 24, 2022
This is a hard one to gain insight from other than this: Some atmospheric events are bigger than our plastic airplanes. A sudden and very powerful wind gust from behind, which caused the airplane to stall and spin in just as he was in the midst of his final turn. I should have never been below 80 kts in the pattern.
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