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Turbulence From A Blackhawk Helicopter Flips A Small Plane
More than 25 seconds after a departing Blackhawk Sikorsky UH-60 takes off from Runway 33 in Fort Collins, Colorado, a student pilot attempted to land a Cirrus SR20 and was tossed like a rag doll after descending through the massive rotor downwash! I got into a bit of downwash from a Eurocopter...Tags: crash, vortex, rotors
Flap artists: Birds sync wing beats in V formation - Do you formation guys at YFT feel this?
The next time you see birds flying in a V, consider this: A new study says they choreograph the flapping of their wings with exquisite precision to help them on their way. Cool article and video HERETags: Formation, migration, efficiency, V, wake, draft, wing vortices, vortex