[Aus-soaring] The power of wing-tip vortices

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1374692.htm Plane's vortex raises a roof A house under Sydney's flight path lost two-thirds of its roof tiles on the weekend when a plane flying overhead created a vortex. Peter Smith was walking past the home on Unwins Bridge Road in Sydenham

Re: [Aus-soaring] The power of wing-tip vortices

Barf, get stuck in the traffic near the 16R threshold in Sydney when a B747 approaches and you can see both tip vortices settle into the creek then into the cars. Enough to give the old ute springs a good workout. And people want to contour fly the coastal lane at Botany Heads!!! Peter Heath.