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Old December 19th 05, 05:49 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Wake vortices... a sterile danger?

Ramapriya wrote:

How do you manage when in a queue of big jets?


When flying into and out of Boston Logan airport in a Bonanza and assuming
the weather is not low IFR, I request an early turnout away from the
descending wing tip vortices.

The big jets take a lot more runway than I do and normally climb a thousand
or so feet before turning, so when at a large airport where reality is that
ATC is not grant me a three minute hold for wake turbulence (instead, they
will move me out of the way and the three minute hold works out to more
like an hour wait while jet after jet departs), I lift off immediately -
short field takeoff - then with tower approval begin an early turnout away
from the runway.


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Peter