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Old 21st Jun 2011, 19:20
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OK, I'll bite. In the freestream the air beneath the wing would have a velocity downwards. In ground effect, that's not possible, because the ground gets in the way. So the pressure of the air below the wing is increased, because slower air is higher pressure air (Bernoulli).
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