Airflow assisted ramp loading and unloading of sliders in hard disk drives

A disk drive for storing and retrieving data, comprising:

• a housing;
• a rotatable magnetic data storage disk disposed within said housing;
• an actuator disposed within said housing and configured to pivot a load beam proximate to a surface of said magnetic disk;
• a slider attached to said load beam;
• a tab attached to said load beam, said tab extending from said load beam in a first direction;
• and
• a ramp disposed within said housing, said ramp including a ramp body having a first surface away from the disk and a second surface facing the disk and at least one aperture extending between said first surface and said second surface, wherein said aperture has at least one air outflow opening at said first surface and at least one an air inflow opening at said second surface, said ramp being situated such that said tab engages a sloped segment of said ramp as said load beam is brought to an outside diameter of said surface of said magnetic disk.