air supply channels 41 the air is received through the inlets 17 and is in turn ejected in the general direction of the path of web travel along the bottom side of the web support surface 15 of tile air foil through air supply channels a single air source may supply air to each of the inlets 17 or each inlet may be operatively associated with its own individual source of pressurized air preferably but not necessarily the air supply channels 41 are configured so that each blows air in substantially the same direction as the next one and that the channels direct air in a single general direction that being the general direction of web travel the apparatus 10 also desirably includes a guide channel 18 for receiving a tail end of a web coming from the doctor 14 and leading the end through the process and to the calender 20 to assist in directing the web w into the guide channel 18 a nozzle 13 can be provided for blowing a stream of air downwardly onto the web w and toward a broke pit or the like additional nozzles can be provided along the apparatus for supplying additional streams of air for directing the web into its desired position on the apparatus for example a nozzle not shown can.