Title: Describe wake turbulence characteristics and avoidance techniques.
Course: Aircraft Pilot Training I (20053-I) > Section: Examining the Forces that Act on Aircraft

Description should include the following:

- Wingtip vortices are greatest when the generating aircraft is heavy, clean, and slow. This condition is most commonly encountered during approaches or departures because an aircraft’s AOA is at the highest to produce the lift necessary to land or take off.
- To minimize the chances of flying through an aircraft’s wake turbulence,
  - avoid flying through another aircraft’s flight path
  - rotate prior to the point at which the preceding aircraft rotated when taking off behind another aircraft.
  - avoid following another aircraft on a similar flight path at an altitude within 1,000 feet
  - approach the runway above a preceding aircraft’s path when landing behind another aircraft and touch down after the point at which the other aircraft wheels contacted the runway.

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