"Now someone tell me the air-displacement involved in keeping umpteen tons of metal and humanity aloft, has no discernable effect on the airflow across the sails of the subject-matter."
Ok, the air-displacement involved in keeping umpteen tons of metal and humanity aloft, has no discernable effect on the airflow across the sails of the subject-matter.
We didn't fly OVER them, we flew to the side. No downwash got near them, we were smart enough to know that we would cause them problems if we blew downwash over them.