Wake turbulence
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Wake turbulence is turbulence that forms behind an aircraft as it passes through the air. This turbulence includes various components, the most important of which are wingtip vortices and jetwash. Jetwash refers simply to the rapidly moving gases expelled from a jet engine; it is extremely turbulent, but of short duration. Wingtip vortices, on the other hand, are much more stable and can remain in the air for up to three minutes after the passage of an aircraft.
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- Related: Batchelor vortex, Wake
| Captain Meryl Getline explains "Heavy" Captain Meryl Getline explains "Heavy" www.usatoday.com/.../2005-06-01-column_x.htm - Web |
| U.S. FAA, The Aeronautical Information Manual on W... U.S. FAA, The Aeronautical Information Manual on Wake Turbulence www.faa.gov/.../aim0703.html - Web |
| U.S. FAA, Pilot Controller Glossary, see Aircraft ... U.S. FAA, Pilot Controller Glossary, see Aircraft Classes www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ATPubs/PCG/A.HTM - Web |
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| Wake Turbulence, An Invisible Enemy Wake Turbulence, An Invisible Enemy www.avweb.com/news/airman/183095-1.html - Web |
| Photographs of Wake turbulence Photographs of Wake turbulence www.flickr.com/photos/birdlike/sets/72157606837430429/ - Web |
| NASA Dryden - Wake Vortex Research NASA Dryden - Wake Vortex Research www.nasa.gov/.../TF-2004-14-DFRC.html - Web |
