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• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 7-4-4
  Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 4. Wake Turbulence › 7-4-4. Vortex Behavior

  Vortex Movement Near Ground - with Cross Winds 5. Pilots should be alert at all times for possible wake vortex encounters when conducting approach and landing operations. The pilot is ultimately responsible for maintaining an appropriate interval, and should consider ... vortices can rise with the air mass in which they are embedded. The effects of wind shear can cause vortex flow field “tilting.” In addition, ambient thermal lifting and orographic effects (rising terrain or tree lines) can cause a vortex…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 14-28
  Chapter 14: Airport Operations › En Route › Vortex Avoidance Procedures

  Vortex Avoidance Procedures The following procedures are in place to assist pilots in vortex avoidance in the given scenario. • Landing behind a larger aircraft on the same runway— stay at or above the larger aircraft’s approach flight path…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 7-4-6
  Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 4. Wake Turbulence › 7-4-6. Vortex Avoidance Procedures

  Vortex Avoidance Procedures a. Under certain conditions, airport traffic controllers apply procedures for separating IFR aircraft. If a pilot accepts a clearance to visually follow a preceding aircraft, the pilot accepts responsibility for separation and wake turbulence avoidance. The controllers ... during approaches, pilots should ask the control tower for updates on separation distance and aircraft groundspeed. b. The following vortex avoidance procedures are recommended for the various situations: 1. Landing behind a larger aircraft- same runway. Stay at or above…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 6-4
  Chapter 6: Threat and Error Management › Defenses Provided by the Pilot or Crew › Flying Skills (The Last Resort)

  Flying Skills (The Last Resort) Employing this defense becomes necessary after experiencing an undesired aircraft state that cannot be remedied with other defenses alone. Ability to take full control of the aircraft and return to safe flying parameters ... situation that could occur. Effective risk management and threat and error management usually prevent occurrences of an undesired aircraft state that may require a pilot to rely solely on flying skills as a defense. Proficiency A pilot who remains proficient…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 7-4-1
  Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 4. Wake Turbulence › 7-4-3. Vortex Strength

  Vortex Strength a. Weight, speed, wingspan, and shape of the generating aircraft’s wing all govern the strength of the vortex. The vortex characteristics of any given aircraft can also be changed by extension of flaps or other wing configuring ... devices. However, the vortex strength from an aircraft increases proportionately to an increase in operating weight or a decrease in aircraft speed. Since the turbulence from a “dirty” aircraft configuration hastens wake decay, the greatest vortex strength occurs when…

• 14 CFR Part 121 — Operating Requirements: Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental OperationsOpen
  14 CFR § 121.590 Use of certificated land airports in the United States.

  certificated land airports in the United States. Domestic type operation means any domestic operation conducted with— (1) An airplane designed for at least 31 passenger seats (as determined by the aircraft type certificate issued by a competent civil aviation authority ... land airport in any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any territory or possession of the United States; or (2) An airplane designed for more than 9 passenger seats but less than 31 passenger seats…