The Spirit over Yellowstone Lake in Wyoming
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Lindbergh like to fly low in "ground effect" believing like others that there was a cushion of air that improved aircraft performance.
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Charles Lindbergh preferred to fly low in “ground effect” to take advantage of what he and other early aviators believed was a thicker cushion of air that improved an aircraft’s performance.
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Photo Number:
SI A-42065-A
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Date:
1927
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