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The heavies wake turbulence doesn't start until liftoff. By GA the next jet exposed himself to a possible wake event not to mention he has some very close spacing to the departing jet for ATC to handle (tower or departure).
Once I see the nose rotating of the aircraft ahead, he is committed to Take off and I can land. Until then I am loaded for the GA.
Close but nothing to unusual.
Once I see the nose rotating of the aircraft ahead, he is committed to Take off and I can land. Until then I am loaded for the GA.
Close but nothing to unusual.
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Perfectly standard at many busy airports, especially single runway operation. If anything, I'm surprised they made the decision to GA. They could in fact have landed without a problem. My bet is that they were "instructed" to GA by ATC and at that point they had to comply (because they are not to know if there's another unseen reason that ATC are giving them a GA instruction).
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To be honest, the jet exhaust disturbance immediately behind a 777 would make me think twice about landing so soon. Good call to turn right ASAP from the GA aircraft.
The heavies wake turbulence doesn't start until liftoff. By GA the next jet exposed himself to a possible wake event not to mention he has some very close spacing to the departing jet for ATC to handle (tower or departure).
Once I see the nose rotating of the aircraft ahead, he is committed to Take off and I can land. Until then I am loaded for the GA.
Close but nothing to unusual.
Once I see the nose rotating of the aircraft ahead, he is committed to Take off and I can land. Until then I am loaded for the GA.
Close but nothing to unusual.
It’s close but as said above, the camera makes it look waaay too close as the whole depth of field is in focus.
Same principle as here.
[img]https://www.pprune.org/c27240eb-f1c5-40f5-abfa-b0609934a24a[\img]
Same principle as here.
[img]https://www.pprune.org/c27240eb-f1c5-40f5-abfa-b0609934a24a[\img]