A stunning video of an airplane taking off from the London-area Gatwick Airport shows a plane bursting through heavy fog, leaving an almost cartoonish gap in its wake as well as an impressive display ...

Lockheed Martin (Syracuse, NY) recently implemented some improvements to a laser-based technology that aims to “hear” the sound generated by aircraft wake vortices. Part of Project SOCRATES (Sensors ...

Aircraft wake vortex dynamics encompass the study of the vortical patterns generated by an aircraft during flight, which have significant implications for aviation safety and airport capacity. These ...

The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a giant flying machine. The only built Antonov An-225 Mriya (NATO reporting name: Cossack) strategic airlift cargo aircraft is continuing to fly COVID-19 missions across ...

This video shows how NASA studied wingtip vortices using a C-5A Galaxy about 50 years ago. Although they dissipate at a certain distance from the wing, wingtip vortices, that form because of the ...

Computational fluid dynamics performed by NASA Ames Research Center illustrates the variation in vortices caused by advancing and retreating rotor blades. Credit: NASA The FAA in the past conducted a ...