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Strange physical phenomenon of aircraft wake turbulence

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When heavy airplanes slice through the sky, they violently displace massive amounts of air, generating aggressive, invisible tornadoes spiraling directly behind their wings. This wake turbulence can aggressively flip small following aircraft entirely upside down, forcing strict mandatory waiting periods between commercial takeoffs.

Strange physical phenomenon of aircraft wake turbulence
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