Wingtip vortices from a Hawker Sea Fury - GIF

[Altair]

Wingtip vortices from a Hawker Sea Fury. Made visible by a wingtip smoke system.



3:23 video:

Previously:

Contra-rotating propellers - GIF
airplane short takeoff/landing records
1942 wooden P-51 Mustang airplane wheels - photo

[ranald]

Quite some decades ago, hearing that sound overhead would leave more than shivvers to ones body. Pretty to watch!

[Karl_H]

If you listen to the Air Traffic Controllers (liveatc dot net) you will often hear them advise "Caution. Wake Turbulence from _____ "
The aircraft that are most likely to cause significant wake turbulence will always add "Heavy" to the end of their call sign - "Speedbird 246 Heavy."