Wake Turbulence [i]there[/i].
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 3:41 pm
I hereby proclaim that it is bologna for 747's to worry about wake separation distances from other 747's (within common sense and normal operations, of course)
For littler planes following bigger planes, yeah sure. But most of the rest of the time:
-172's don't worry about wake turbulence from 172's
-737's don't worry about wake turbulence from 737's
-and numerous other examples of different models with similar weight and performance
The behavior of aircraft wakes means that similar aircraft flying similar approach courses will generally never encounter each other's wake, except for light quartering tail winds: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publica ... -03-14.pdf Fig 7-3-3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Yes, this is a blatant double post, but I hope for genius airmanship discussion here, not procedure-lovers and photographers.
For littler planes following bigger planes, yeah sure. But most of the rest of the time:
-172's don't worry about wake turbulence from 172's
-737's don't worry about wake turbulence from 737's
-and numerous other examples of different models with similar weight and performance
The behavior of aircraft wakes means that similar aircraft flying similar approach courses will generally never encounter each other's wake, except for light quartering tail winds: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publica ... -03-14.pdf Fig 7-3-3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Yes, this is a blatant double post, but I hope for genius airmanship discussion here, not procedure-lovers and photographers.