Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

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. This phenomenon is called Ground Effect. Note that the ground effect doesnt eliminate the vortex entirely.

Turbulence

Plane and Pilot

JULY 10, 2025

First off, compute the takeoff data, believe the takeoff data, and add a bit of margin for pilot technique, inaccurate weather reports, or just plain Murphy’s Law. Third, there is this little thing called ground effect. If the data is close, and the margins are thin, just don’t go. Now that I think about it, I am not sure?

Density Altitude

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. Probable cause(s): The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees after takeoff, during high density altitude weather conditions. He had no further memory of the event.

Density Altitude

Professional Pilot

JULY 7, 2025

We can load 4 people, have full fuel, and sit there and hover out of ground effect at 70%.” We knew that the weather was only supposed to get worse. “Because it has full authority digital engine control (FADEC), it’s hard to overspeed or overtorque. Its power is a game-changer. I was going to be the first relief guy going in.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

If you’re at a field with no weather reporting, gauge the wind speed and direction using the windsock. 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. It will allow you to fine-tune your approach.

NOTAMs

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

But getting there from Rochester, NY is never a simple task and not only requires the runway to be open with favorable conditions, but the weather between here and there must be amenable to a six hour round trip there and back again. Syracuse advised of lake effect snow creating a wall between us and Sodus. In total, I logged about 0.1

Runway

CockPit Conversation

JANUARY 30, 2023

The answers show me how a pilot thinks about their own limits, what they consider piloting skills to be, what they understand about their aircraft, weather, or whatever the situation was, and a surprising number of times it results in the pilot telling on themselves about how they violated the regulations, and how they feel about that.

Ground Effect