An evacuation assembly suitable for an aircraft, the evacuation assembly comprising: an evacuation slide (320A, 320B) being shaped and configured to produce negative lift in response to air flowing across the evacuation slide in a width direction, wherein the width direction is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the evacuation slide; wherein the evacuation slide comprises a head portion, a toe portion, a top surface, and a bottom surface, wherein the longitudinal axis extends centrally along a length of the evacuation slide from the head portion to the toe portion, wherein a top perimetrical length of the top surface of the toe portion of the evacuation slide in the width direction is less than a bottom perimetrical length of the bottom surface of the toe portion of the evacuation slide in the width direction; and wherein the inflatable evacuation slide comprises a sliding surface (327A, 327B) that forms at least a portion of the top surface of the inflatable evacuation slide; wherein the inflatable evacuation slide comprises a longitudinally extending support tube (330A, 330B) that is configured to support the sliding surface; wherein the inflatable evacuation slide comprises two longitudinally extending border support tubes (340A, 340B, 440) that extend parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein the sliding surface is laterally bordered by and disposed between the two longitudinally extending border support tubes (340A, 340B, 440); wherein the longitudinally extending support tube (330A, 330B) is coupled to a lower side of the sliding surface, and wherein the evacuation assembly further comprises a sheet (328A, 328B) coupled to and extending between lower portions of the longitudinally extending support tube (330A, 330B) and the two longitudinally extending border support tubes (340A, 340B, 440), wherein the sheet (328A, 328B) forms at least a portion of the bottom surface of the inflatable evacuation slide. an evacuation slide (320A, 320B) being shaped and configured to produce negative lift in response to air flowing across the evacuation slide in a width direction, wherein the width direction is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the evacuation slide; wherein the evacuation slide comprises a head portion, a toe portion, a top surface, and a bottom surface, wherein the longitudinal axis extends centrally along a length of the evacuation slide from the head portion to the toe portion, wherein a top perimetrical length of the top surface of the toe portion of the evacuation slide in the width direction is less than a bottom perimetrical length of the bottom surface of the toe portion of the evacuation slide in the width direction; and wherein the inflatable evacuation slide comprises a sliding surface (327A, 327B) that forms at least a portion of the top surface of the inflatable evacuation slide; wherein the inflatable evacuation slide comprises a longitudinally extending support tube (330A, 330B) that is configured to support the sliding surface; wherein the inflatable evacuation slide comprises two longitudinally extending border support tubes (340A, 340B, 440) that extend parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein the sliding surface is laterally bordered by and disposed between the two longitudinally extending border support tubes (340A, 340B, 440); wherein the longitudinally extending support tube (330A, 330B) is coupled to a lower side of the sliding surface, and wherein the evacuation assembly further comprises a sheet (328A, 328B) coupled to and extending between lower portions of the longitudinally extending support tube (330A, 330B) and the two longitudinally extending border support tubes (340A, 340B, 440), wherein the sheet (328A, 328B) forms at least a portion of the bottom surface of the inflatable evacuation slide.