Whoa now, if we’re on the subject of defying physics, you can’t just leave out the king:

And I know what you’re thinking: “But Milo! Bulk Star sucks! It’s too heavy!” Hush, child, and let me show you the way. You see, Bulk Star is in fact SO heavy, that the recoil from it’s own weight plummeting to earth from the air by tapping A is enough to actually push it back up higher when you let go. Bulk Star doesn’t give a flying shit about your mortal concepts like aerodynamics and momentum, Bulk Star does what Bulk Star fucking wants, like so:

It's a nice ride, but nothing beats the Swerve Star. Once you get a hang of it, it's the best ship for almost everything in the game. Truly the tier 1 of Kirby Airride.