Aircraft wake vortex dynamics encompass the study of the vortical patterns generated by an aircraft during flight, which have significant implications for aviation safety and airport capacity.

Conclusions from the work will be used to determine optimal angles of flap deflection to reduce the intensity of wake vortex on approach. “Reducing the wake vortex from the aircraft will make it ...

An in-depth research report titled An Improved Understanding of En-Route Wake Vortex Encounters, conducted by the engineering department at the Delft University of Technology and Eurocontrol ...

For a wake vortex to potentially descend over 1000 ft., the generating aircraft must be heavy to produce a strong initial descent rate. This is more likely to happen with an aircraft whose takeoff ...

I caught the C-5M Super Galaxy taking off from RAF Mildenhall - and the wake vortex it left behind was absolutely insane. In this video, I share the full takeoff footage of this massive aircraft, ...

UK air navigation service NATS has implemented a new arrival separation technique for London Heathrow aimed at squeezing out additional capacity while complying with wake-vortex requirements.