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9th Apr 2010, 09:46

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Chris Scott

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7 kts crosswind-component doesn't sound enough to me. We used to work on the assumption that wing-tip vortices moved outwards at about 5 kts, so 7 kts is close to the worst-possible case.

Chris

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