Thanks for the comments Niknak.
Can you confirm if all helicopters depart from the runway at your airfield, or are they permitted to lift from a helicopter aiming point or apron.
The comments regarding the vortex affecting hovering and air taxing helicopters is also interesting and confirms to me that a number of airfields have differing interpretations of how to apply the vortex wake rules to different scenarios involving helicopters.
Lets assume that a Jetranger is air taxing along a parallel taxiway which is located 700m from the runway. Would you ask the Jetranger to let down in the event of a Dash 8 (vortex category small) departing the runway as it is less than the 760m specified for vortex wake purposes from parallel runways?
Is my interpretation of the above correct?
All interesting stuff!
6ER
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