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Caution....Wake turbulence!!!
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That's actually jet blast, not wake turbulence.
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Originally Posted by HSLD
(Post 150614)
That's actually jet blast, not wake turbulence.
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Originally Posted by HSLD
(Post 150614)
That's actually jet blast, not wake turbulence.
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because i think technically jet blast is a specific type of wake turbulance... its just a sub-category, right?
like wake turbulance consists of wingtip vorticies, jet blast, etc. |
Originally Posted by mike734
(Post 150638)
That begs the question, why does ATC constantly refer to jet blast as wake turbulence? Any of you ATC guys out there have an answer?
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They should have done that test with GE-90-115B!...almost exactly double the power.
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Originally Posted by Airbum
(Post 150668)
Can you give an example?
In the movie Top Gun, Lieutenant Pete Mitchell, played by Tom Cruise, suffers 2 "jet washes" or Wake Turbulences. The 1st one being during a training mission, and he is caught in Tom Kazansky's jet turbulence. (Kazansky is played by Val Kilmer.) In the 1st jet-wash, Mitchell loses his RIO and best friend, "Goose" as they eject out of the plane. In the second jet-wash, he is with "Merlin" and they are caught in a bogey's jet wash. Mitchell recovers from the turbulence but is shaken up. :p |
I think it's just easier to lump it all into one statement for the sake of brevity.
It's shorter to say 'caution wake turbulence' as opposed to 'caution wake turbulence, jet blast, tire smoke, blue water'... you get the picture. At least that's my guess. |
Tell you what, doesn't matter what you call it, once you're in it, you sure wish you weren't. I've been in a 737-800's Wake once, that one was my fault. I've had some Jet-Wash experience as well. Who-da-thunk-it, a 727 was one of those. A 757 was another instance.
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