surrounding the lift cylinder 120 u2032 and the free floating shaft 160 the sleeve 110 u2032 has a third set of channels 112 u2032 a and a fourth set of channels 112 u2032 b formed on the inner surface 113 u2032 of the sleeve 110 u2032 each channel 112 u2032 a and 112 u2032 b forms an air passageway 115 u2032 a and 115 u2032 b respectively between the sleeve 110 u2032 and the lift cylinder 120 u2032 and free floating shaft 160 as shown in fig5 and described below the third set of channels 112 u2032 a are formed in the generally upper portion 117 a of the sleeve 110 and the fourth set of channels 112 u2032 b are formed in the generally lower portion 117 b of the sleeve 110 the third and fourth set of channels 112 u2032 a and 112 u2032 b receive compressed air from the compressors 124 u2032 and 128 u2032 the hybrid system 101 u2032 also comprises down stream metering slots 114 u2032 wherein the metering slot 114 u2032 is configured to regulate the rate of airflow in the first and second set of channels 112 u2032 a and 112 u2032 b the second hybrid bearing 101 u2032 also has a second set of one or more.