Morgans wrote:

"Newps" wrote in message
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I started in 1988 and it was in there then. Nobody knew how bad the 757
was at that time, the crashes were just starting to pile up. They changed
the 757 to basically a heavy in the 90's.


What planes, or how heavy does a plane need to be to get the heavy
designation?

Generally speaking a heavy is a plane that has the ability to fly at
weights above 255,000 pounds, whether or not they actually are. It used
to be 300,000 but they lowered it so it would include the 757 which is
now for all intents and purposes now a heavy.



What do they call the ones just below that, and do they issue wake warnings
behind them?


Large. You would issue a warning to all aircraft in the small or small
plus weight class.