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Flight test files: Boeing 727 – The NASA wake vortex trials of 1973

NASA Boeing 727 tests in the 1970s revealed how wake vortices affect smaller aircraft, shaping modern separation rules for ...
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Watch this 400-ton aircraft take off - "The vortex forms right behind it"

Watch this massive C-5M Super Galaxy power off the runway as a visible wake vortex begins twisting behind it. The effect builds almost instantly, turning an already dramatic takeoff into something ...