Yes indeed - pretty much the same principle as a chuck glider (and, indeed, the occasion racing car).
Originally Posted by Mach Jump
it's momentum (negative inertia for the pedants
) would carry it into the air for a few moments
To be fair to pedants, a pedant would probably point out that the unit of inertia is
mass, (eg kilogram in SI units), whereas the unit of momentum is
mass*velocity, so one is extremely unlikely to be the "negative" of the other
