Wake turbulence
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wake-turbulence-185-8668275
title:
Wake turbulence
text:
Wake turbulence is a disturbance in the atmosphere that forms behind an aircraft as it passes through the air. It includes several components, the most significant of which are wingtip vortices and jet-wash, the rapidly moving gases expelled from a jet engine. Wake turbulence is especially hazardous in the region behind an aircraft in the takeoff or landing phases of flight. During take-off and landing, an aircraft operates at a high angle of attack. This flight attitude maximizes the formation
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Turbulence that follows behind aircraft traveling through air
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_turbulence
date created:
2004-05-22T00:19:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T17:00:55Z
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13
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