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Old 5th Jul 2017, 10:37
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Riding out wake turbulence

Fascinating set of circumstances which will be concerning all Bizjet operators AND Flight Training departments.

http://aviationweek.com/business-avi...c93d7ea301d120

The impending EASA safety bulletin is expected to instruct pilots to avoid rapid-roll control reversals and to avoid large rudder deflections; I agree that this makes sense. However, suggesting that

"It may be better to allow the aircraft to transition through the wake and then recover from any resultant unusual attitude"

when crew will have been startled or frightened at the time, sounds like the same kind of safety committee 'ideal world' recommendation that has resulted in the Industry Standard Aeroplane Upset Prevention and Recovery Training Aid to develop FIVE distinct recovery strategies to deal with five distinct flight upset conditions; great in principle but almost certainly unworkable in practice.

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