How can a light aircraft avoid the wake turbulence of a commercial airliner in the "medium" or "heavy" wake turbulence category when landing on a long runway behind it?
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A
By making a steep approach and a long landing, touching down beyond its touchdown point.
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B
By making a steep approach and a very short landing, ensuring the light aircraft stops before reaching the airliner's touchdown point.
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C
By making a shallow approach and a long landing, touching down behind the touchdown point of the airliner's nose gear.
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D
By making a shallow approach and a very short landing, ensuring the light aircraft stops before reaching the airliner's touchdown point.
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It's important to remember that these vortices, generated from the moment an aircraft takes off to the moment it lands, can pose a significant safety risk.
The intensity depends on aircraft weight, speed, and configuration. Large, heavy airplanes operating at low speeds, high angles of attack, and in a clean configuration produce the greatest wake turbulence danger.
General Guides:
- To avoid turbulence when landing behind a large aircraft, stay above the large airplane’s glide path and land beyond its touchdown point.
- If a large airplane has just taken off as you approach, touch down well before the large aircraft’s lift-off point.
- When departing after a large aircraft has landed, lift off beyond its touchdown location.
- When taking off behind a large aircraft, lift-off before the large aircraft’s rotation point and climb out above or upwind of its flight path.
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