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by Zombieball 3377 days ago
I believe warning of wake turbulence is very common after take off of any large and heavy aircraft.

Wingtip vorticies can sit over a runway (or even drift over to parallel runways) for minutes after a takeoff. They are very dangerous to smaller aircrafts.

The key to avoiding vorticies is to take off at a point earlier than the previous aircraft and to climb at a steeper angle (vorticies travel behind and downwards from the aircraft that made them).

Example: http://www.boldmethod.com/images/learn-to-fly/aerodynamics/a...

Helicopters can also produce serious turbulence as well!

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Helicopters. Indeed - there is a state known as "settling with power" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_ring_state where a helicopter is sitting inside its own vortex, and is incapable of climbing straight up with full power.
Super interesting! Never knew this about helicopters. Thanks.