Pilots can avoid wake turbulence by allowing greater distance behind the heavy aircraft and their own, or by delaying takeoff for a few minutes. |
Plan your takeoff, so you'll lift off before the rotation point of the other aircraft. |
Early testing cleared the Seafire 47 at an all-up weight of 11,100 lb but for takeoff it could weigh as much as 12,900-lb. |
We learned to takeoff, land, spin, stall, perform precision turns, lazy eights, pylon eights and aerobatics. |
They were limited only by the takeoff time appointed by air traffic control, and could well have anticipated a delay of, say, half an hour. |
He climbed aboard the aircraft, started the engines, and was cleared for takeoff. |