A system for augmenting the apparent velocity and effectiveness of an
airfoil, such as a wing, on a vehicle includes at least one ionizer or
emitter positioned relative to the airfoil to ionize a fluid media in
which the airfoil travels and at least one attractor/receiver for
accelerating the flow of ionized fluid media over the airfoil. The system
further includes a voltage source to which each ionizer and each
attractor is electrically connected.