As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch-and lift has costs. One of them is wingtip vortices. If you're the only airplane on the planet, you have nothing to worry about. Here, you're ...

Aircraft generate wake just like boats do in the water. Unlike the water, you can't see wake in the air but should always anticipate it.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. If a 'wingtip vortex' - a concentrated air turbulence created by another plane - was responsible for bringing down Delta Airlines Flight 1141 on ...

Winglets Or Wingtips? Winglets are an upward extension of wingtips that ensure reduced drag by primarily altering the vortice from the wingtip. Raked wingtips, which are fitted on the 777, are ...

As The Aviationist’s David Cenciotti explains, these cloud curls are called “wingtip vortices”: Vortices form because of the difference in pressure between the upper and lower surfaces of a ...

A U.S. government and contractor team is developing a novel wake-vortex detection system employing laser beams that "listen" to the acoustic signals generated primarily by aircraft wingtip vortices.

BOSTON (AP) — Two JetBlue planes made contact Thursday morning at Boston Logan International Airport, with one wingtip touching another plane's tail. No one was hurt and both flights were canceled, ...