Again, this assumes the air is already connected to the air around it in the same way cheese is. You can't lift a layer of air and have it connected to the air

Again, this assumes the air is already connected to the air around it in the same way cheese is. You can't lift a layer of air and have it connected to the air it used to be connected to. Likewise, you don't have turbulence in cheese. There's a significant difference between solids and fluids.