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This page from the NASA Langley Research Center contains an image and description of a wake vortex created by the wing of a small propeller plane. The page explains how the image was made and how this research helps determine the spacing between airplanes approaching an airport.
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2003
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Keywords: air flow research, airplane , airplane safety, vortex flow, wake
Record Creator: Metadata instance created July 30, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
Record Updated: Aug 14, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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(NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, 2003), WWW Document, (https://archive.org/details/NIX-EL-1996-00130).
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Wake Vortex Study at Wallops Island (NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, 2003), <https://archive.org/details/NIX-EL-1996-00130>.
APA Format
Wake Vortex Study at Wallops Island. (2003, March 10). Retrieved October 9, 2024, from NASA Langley Research Center: https://archive.org/details/NIX-EL-1996-00130
Chicago Format
NASA Langley Research Center. Wake Vortex Study at Wallops Island. Hampton: NASA Langley Research Center, March 10, 2003. https://archive.org/details/NIX-EL-1996-00130 (accessed 9 October 2024).
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Wake Vortex Study at Wallops Island. Hampton: NASA Langley Research Center, 2003. 10 Mar. 2003. 9 Oct. 2024 <https://archive.org/details/NIX-EL-1996-00130>.
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@misc{ Title = {Wake Vortex Study at Wallops Island}, Publisher = {NASA Langley Research Center}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {9 October 2024}, Month = {March 10, 2003}, Year = {2003} }
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