"Ground cushion"

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
WingFlaps wrote in
:

On Feb 26, 8:07 am, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:04:57 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote in :

Wel, it's a rose by any other name sort of thing.. Basicaly what's
happening is the air around the wing's pressure is influenced by the
ground. You have a high below the wing in flight and it gets higher
and influences the way the air flows around the wing keeping it
laminar longe
r.
( slower)
I find it curious that an alleged airline captain has failed to
mention the reduction in induced drag that results due to the
interference with the wingtip vortices when operating in ground
effect.

Perhaps it did note poke the induced drag memory cells? Maybe our
Bertie actively suppresses his drag memories?

Groan!

Bertie
Perhaps if you came out in drag, Ken might like that better :-))

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Dudley Henriques