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.
Plane and Pilot
JULY 1, 2025
A witness reported that they saw the airplane lift off from the runway and remain in ground effect until it crossed the departure end of the runway. John Espe Cruiser Buhl, Idaho/Injuries: None NTSB Report: WPR23LA29 The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during the landing, he encountered a gusting tail wind.
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Professional Pilot
JULY 7, 2025
Child also notes that the AW139’s open tail boom allows the unit to access its hoist equipment while decreasing cabin clutter – an improvement over the Bell 412s that the AW139s replaced. We can load 4 people, have full fuel, and sit there and hover out of ground effect at 70%.” Its power is a game-changer.
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.
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.
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.
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