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Old 1st Mar 2002, 11:37
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phantomwray
 
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Question Wake Turbulence Avoidance

Here's the scenario:

You are in a Cessna 172 and are taking off after a large passenger jet which is also taking-off. You note where it rotates so you can plan to remain above it's flight path. The tower then clears you for take-off after a very short delay. I know you can decline the clearance if you feel it is not safe. Assuming that you do want to accept, if you rotated in your 172 at the same point as the jet, but then climbed out at your best angle of climb speed, would your flight path remain above that of the jet's? Since the jet is travelling much faster, it's departure slope would be much shallower than yours, so there shouldn't be any problems. Am I correct?
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