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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Soviet Wing-in-Ground Aircraft
Message-ID: <1990Jul27.015800.22583@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 27 Jul 90 01:58:00 GMT
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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)

In article <1990Jul24.025055.21452@cbnews.att.com>, wyvern@agora.hf.intel.com (Scott Sanford) writes:
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> From: wyvern@agora.hf.intel.com (Scott Sanford)
>   I hate to be the one to ask an elementary question, but what is meant by
> the "wing in ground" phrase?  In my limited experience with aircraft, it has
> always seemed that a wing in the ground is a condition to be avoided...  :-)

That should be be "wing in ground effect".  You get enough lift to
get off the ground, and enough drag reduction to make it worthwhile.

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