Wake Turbulance

[Seth]

This is a great video over on the AOPA formus illustrating the danger of wake turbulance.  Worth the two minutes:

 

On take off behind a large/heavy aircraft, wait two minutes.  On landing, land after the the touchdown point.

-Seth

[carusoam]

Nice factual video report.

Best regards,

-a-

[rbridges]

that was a pretty cool vid.  

[N201MKTurbo]

Just ask for an early turnout and turn before the heavy's rotation point.

[aviatoreb]

Pretty cool - and pretty spooky.  Something we all learn but a good visual is always helpful.  In some ways a big heavy AN-2 is harder to avoid wake turbulence than a bigger heavier faster jet.  For the jet we fly if we want a very different take off roll and climb gradient with at least a hope of getting an early turn out before we hit the wake.  With an AN-2 those factors are all almost the same.

[ryoder]

I landed after a C130 on my second solo and it was a challenge.  I came in a bit fast with around 80 knots in a 172 and when I hit that turbulence things got squirley.  I kind of ignored the caution wake turbulence warning as I thought it would have dissipated but it didn't as I was number two behind him and there was probably about 90s between his touchdown and mine.

[bradp]

I remember one of my first student pilot cross country solos was to KRIC in a C150 behind a B752... I was very cautious about that potential and never caught any.   I caught wake once from a G-V departing opposite direction in a C172 at KCHO.  It was only for a brief time and a minor excursion but got my attention and I went around.

[carqwik]

A Cirrus spun into the ground at Scottsdale a few years ago after passing through the wake of a G5....a very sobering reminder!

[Oscar Avalle]

Amazing, you never think of wake turbulence when it comes to a smaller plane... you always relate it to larger (jet) airplanes... Obviously, watch out