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Old 19th Jan 2008, 11:33
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Rick Studder
 
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This lad's approach seems a fairly similar example of such a technique [gliding in ground effect]. Comments?
Whether he was consiously utilizing ground effect, who knows, but apparently the aircraft stalled about 10' above the ground. I wonder if this was what made the nose come down enough to avoid a tail strike (doesn't appear to have been one from the looks of the photos).
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