Wake Turbulence During Takeoff and Landing
While there have been instances where wake turbulence caused structural damage, the greatest hazard is induced roll and yaw.
Wake intensities
Influenced by the weight of the aircraft, speed and angle of attack and wing configuration. The conditions in the atmosphere have their effect how long the wake will persist.
Wake turbulence from a preceding aircraft
This situation more often presents itself at busier tower controlled airports.
WAKE TURBULENCE Turbulent air condition caused by small, tornado-like horizontal whirlwinds trailing an aircraft's wingtips (wingtip vortices).
Wake turbulence: Wingtip vortices generated behind a wing producing lift. Behind a large heavy aircraft they can be powerful enough to roll or even break up a smaller aircraft.
Wake: That part of a fluid, such as air, in which the pressure head has been changed by the passage through it of a body, such as an aerofoil.
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[edit] Wake turbulence and separation
This picture from a NASA study on wingtip vortices qualitatively illustrates the wake turbulence.
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WAKE TURBULENCE- Phenomena resulting from the passage of an aircraft through the atmosphere. The term includes vortices, thrust stream turbulence, jet blast, jet wash, propeller wash, and rotor wash both on the ground and in the air.
Wake turbulence
The disturbed air behind a large aircraft
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* Avoiding Wake Turbulence Problems
If you are flying a light aircraft, avoid the airspace below and behind a large aircraft.
At very shallow angles of descent, the vortex ring wake is shed behind the helicopter.
At steep angles, the vortex ring wake is below the helicopter at slow rates of descent and above the helicopter at high rates of descent.
The extra spacing is required as these aircraft generate significant wake turbulence which can disrupt the flight path of any aircraft behind them.
The Staten Island Ferry, loaded with commuters, languidly departs Battery Park, and a speedboat named The Beast creates a menacing wake as it jostles tourists up and down the Hudson River. All pretty standard for New York City in June.
During my in-flight emergency programs I usually ask if anyone has ever had their airplane thrown inverted by some phenomenon other than wake turbulence.
A narrow wake is formed as the boundary layer streams off the section.
Heavy - suffix used in RT call-signs to indicate that the aircraft is a large transport, alerting controllers and following aircraft to the possibility of wake turbulence (which see).
Other Airspace Areas (Part Two)
Other Airspace Areas (Part One)
Special Use Airspace (Part Two)
Special Use Airspace (Part One)
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