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  • Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Wingtip Vortices › Avoiding Wake Turbulence

    Helicopter vortices should be avoided because helicopter forward flight airspeeds are often very slow and can generate exceptionally strong wake turbulence. Wind is an important factor in avoiding wake turbulence because wingtip vortices drift with the wind at the speed ... period of time and hasten the drift of the downwind vortex toward another runway (bottom). safety that allows wake turbulence dissipation. [Figure 5-15] For more information on wake turbulence, see Advisory Circular (AC) 90-23, Aircraft Wake Turbulence…

  • Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Wake Turbulence

    Wake Turbulence All aircraft generate wake turbulence during flight. This disturbance is caused by a pair of counter-rotating vortices trailing from the wingtips. The vortices from larger aircraft pose problems to encountering aircraft. The wake of these aircraft ... encountering aircraft. Also, the turbulence generated within the vortices can damage aircraft components and equipment if encountered at close range. For this reason, a pilot must envision the location of the vortex wake and adjust the flight path accordingly. Vortex…

  • Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual

    period of time in a light, twin-engine airplane following an engine failure. WAAS. See wide area augmentation system. Wake turbulence. Wingtip vortices that are created when an airplane generates lift. When an airplane generates lift, air spills over ... pressure areas above them. This flow causes rapidly rotating whirlpools of air called wingtip vortices or wake turbulence…

  • Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › Hazard and Risk › V = EnVironment

    landing a small airplane just after a heavy jet had departed a parallel runway. The pilot assumed that wake turbulence would not be a problem since landings had been performed under similar circumstances. Due to a combination of prevailing winds ... wake turbulence from the heavy jet drifting across the landing runway, the airplane made a hard landing. The pilot made an error when assessing the flight environment…

  • Chapter 9: Techniques of Flight Instruction › Practical Flight Instructor Strategies

    learner. ⦁ During landing—conduct stabilized approaches, maintain desired airspeed on final, demonstrate good judgment for go-arounds, wake turbulence, traffic, and terrain avoidance. Correct faulty approaches and landings. Make touchdowns on the centerline in the first third of the runway…

  • Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 4. Wake Turbulence › 7-4-2. Vortex Generation

    Section 4. Wake Turbulence 7-4-1. General a. Every aircraft generates wake turbulence while in flight. Wake turbulence is a function of an aircraft producing lift, resulting in the formation of two counter-rotating vortices trailing behind the aircraft ... Wake turbulence from the generating aircraft can affect encountering aircraft due to the strength, duration, and direction of the vortices. Wake turbulence can impose rolling moments exceeding the roll-control authority of encountering aircraft, causing possible injury to occupants…