No, it’s NOT a cushion of air. Ground effect dampens
downwash vortices as well as wing tip vortices. This means that
while in ground effect, an aircraft has less induced drag.
"I was giving a presentation on what a safe risk we
are."
Source: Columbia Aircraft CEO Bing Lantis,
ironically telling ANN his whereabouts on June 12, as the company's
Bend, OR production facility was being pelted by a freak hailstorm.
Lantis was in Atlanta -- in the offices of Columbia's primary
insurance underwriter, AIG -- when the storm hit Bend, causing
golfball-sized hail to rain down for 12 minutes... damaging the
finishes on more than 60 planes awaiting delivery outside the
plant.
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