Pietenpol-List: Wake Turbulence
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 1998 7:21 am
Original Posted By: rdecosta(at)autoeurope.com (Richard DeCosta)
>Hi Mike, I hope you remember my story of about a year ago how I wasalmost flipped by>the wake turbulance of the Citation I followed in? Ifnot, I will gladdly repeat it. That Piet is a mighty light a/c and ispretty tender.>>Ted Naples, FL/APF>> It was nice>>to talk with the Lockheed Jetstar pilots I followed in on runway 09.8080,8080,8080Hello Ted ! Good seeing you arestill on the list. I sure had waketurbulence on my mind as I followed this kerosene burner down theapproach path. The old textbook examples came to mind: stay aboveand upwind of his path. So far the worst wake turbulence I've experienced is my own
Sometimes I get lucky in a 360 turn andhit my own wake ! (ps- my Mom says 'hello' to you and yours)Mike C. ________________________________________________________________________________
>Hi Mike, I hope you remember my story of about a year ago how I wasalmost flipped by>the wake turbulance of the Citation I followed in? Ifnot, I will gladdly repeat it. That Piet is a mighty light a/c and ispretty tender.>>Ted Naples, FL/APF>> It was nice>>to talk with the Lockheed Jetstar pilots I followed in on runway 09.8080,8080,8080Hello Ted ! Good seeing you arestill on the list. I sure had waketurbulence on my mind as I followed this kerosene burner down theapproach path. The old textbook examples came to mind: stay aboveand upwind of his path. So far the worst wake turbulence I've experienced is my own
Sometimes I get lucky in a 360 turn andhit my own wake ! (ps- my Mom says 'hello' to you and yours)Mike C. ________________________________________________________________________________