Great video of 777 wingtip vortices
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Geico266
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That is a cool video!
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Thanks!
They're a bit more haphazard than in the illustration in the Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge!
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They also don't descend like the PHAK says they do.
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Looks like they're descending to me?!?!?
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Depends upon the winds. The worst wake turbulence encounter of my career (so far) was 10 miles behind a B777, and I was flying a B727.
Impressive. I've watched similar at DTW. An airliner landing in high humidity, and could actually see the airflow over the wings.
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Interesting video. Aren't the vortices coming off of outer end of the flaps, not the wingtips? Looks that way to me.
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After the main gear touches down, you can use the tail as a sightline. The vortex right behind it is not sinking.