Wake Turbulence behind an A-380

by "Matt Barrow" Nov 22, 2005 at 11:30 PM


"Peter R." wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:

Airliners may have to fly twice the normal distance behind the new
Airbus A380 superjumbo jet to avoid potential hazards from its
unusually powerful wake, according to preliminary safety guidelines.
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Airbus should include color smoke generators off each wingtip to
colorize
the vortices and give VFR aircraft something visually to avoid.


Different color smoke from each wingtip would be very pretty.

That would be cool, just like the stunt pilots' planes. Those jets would
look very cool doing hammerheads and loops to entertain the passengers and
crowds below.