Disturbance created by trailing vortices can have detrimental effect on flight of another airplane passing through wake; attempt made to measure velocity distribution and persistence of trailing vortices of propeller driven fighter airplane, equipped with smoke generating device; jet airplane was used to fly through vortices.


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    Title :

    Flight measurements of velocity distribution and persistence of trailing vortices of airplane


    Additional title:

    NACA -- Tech Note


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    Publication date :

    1955


    Size :

    32 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :






    Flight-simulator study of airplane encounters with perturbed trailing vortices

    Loucel, R. E. / Crouch, J. D. / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2004