Ceiling Ground Effect Lift 
Plane and Pilot
JULY 10, 2025
Photo: Cayla McLeod Effects We learned in the private pilot course that increasing the density altitude reduces the effectiveness of the propeller, the lift produced by the wings, and the power output of the engine. However, there is an additional effect we do not often think about. It all adds up. OK, more on that later.
Air Facts
MARCH 17, 2025
By the time I was in my late teens, I had built a set of floor-to-ceiling shelves and had begun immediately to fill them with aviation books and magazines at a rate throttled solely by my wallet. One of the several rows of shelves holding the collections approximately 10,000 volumes.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 3, 2024
The airfoil is a Harry Riblett shape, giving modernized flow separation on the leading edge for a soft stall yet with good lift and drag performance. Precisely what the single-engine ceiling is, the team can’t say. “We We just fly the thing around at 1000 feet, so the ceiling, we don’t know. Overall, the controls were wonderful.
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