Amazing aviation picture

[Kirby]

Wake vortex of a Boeing 777:

 

[Big Daddy]

What a beauty!

 

[Kirby]

I had to edit the original post, their site had an issue with crosslinking, it's fixed now.

 

[Big Daddy]

Oh heck those are really nice, thanks for sharing Kirby!

 

[///M SPEED]

Those are great Kirby. I can't get enough of aviation photos....

 

[CosmosBlack]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Big Daddy]

Here are some planes and Navy Ships

 

[CosmosBlack]

So Coool!!!!

 

[mclarensmps]

WOW B.D those really are awesome shots!!

Kirby, is that real?? It looks really photoshopped to me, but im a noob and i cant tell... also i dont know enough about aerodynamics to know what happens (or what a wake vortex is hehehe), but if that is real, that is pretty awe inspiring! Any place i can read up a laymans description of what's happening there???

 

[Kirby]

I'm sure it is real. There really is such a thing as wake vortex. It's the disturbance that's created by large planes (well, any plane really) as they pass through the atmosphere. It's created by the wings of the plane as it "plows" through the air. It's really critical if a small plane follows a large plane on take off or landing.

This is one of the reasons the FAA requires a hold time between departures and a 5 - 6 mile separation between large and small planes. The wake vortex has actually caused caused small planes to crash if they get caught in it - spins them around like a top.

I learned this from our company pilot one day while we we holding for take off after a 737 departed in front of us. Even after holding for a couple of minutes we could feel the turbulence on take off in a "large" small plane, a King Air 200.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_turbulence

 

[mclarensmps]

That is really really cool, hehe im surprised a bunch like the blue angels hasnt figured out how to perform some cool stunts using it!

Thanks for the info!