Wake vortices were investigated to see whether and under which meteorological conditions landing aircraft could be endangered by wake vortices generated by leading large transport aircraft on a parallel glide path. The crosswind shows an evident influence on the horizontal motion of a vortex. But its velocity during 56 pct of the time of the main air traffic is so slow that a vortex cannot reach the parallel glide path with dangerous intensity due to its limited life-span. Within the remaining time, the danger to a following aircraft depends very strongly on the meteorological conditions of the vicinity.


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    Title :

    Investigation of Wake Vortices of Landing Aircraft at Frankfurt Airport (Federal Republic of Germany)


    Contributors:
    R. Ulken (author)

    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    70 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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