Wake Turbulence from a Paper Airplane (2020) [video]

Re:Wake Turbulence from a Paper Airplane (2020) [video] by chris_va on Thursday May 13, 2021 @11:24PM (#27150344)

I was flipped sideways on short final in a 172 from a 7x7 (can't remember exact plane) that landed ~2 minutes prior on a parallel runway... it happens, though the vortices tend to sink fairly rapidly and are more of a concern for smaller aircraft.

This story is fairly interesting: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/private-jet-flipped-over-...

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Re:Wake Turbulence from a Paper Airplane (2020) [video] by FabHK on Friday May 14, 2021 @05:25AM (#27152399)

Glad you live to tell the story. Was recovery hard?

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Re:Wake Turbulence from a Paper Airplane (2020) [video] by chris_va on Saturday May 15, 2021 @05:33PM (#27169228)

Fortunately, not at all. Was able to correct the orientation quickly, and just added power for a go around (about 100' AGL, so had time... but was very much not expecting it up at that altitude given sink rates for vortices)

The tower must have been watching pretty closely because they notified other traffic within about 2 seconds before I called in or gained altitude.

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