Airbus in the center of turbulence
2006/09/28 Rementeria Argote, Nagore - Elhuyar Zientziaren Komunikazioa
Airbus's A380 was born with the intention of becoming the largest commercial aircraft to overcome the Boeing 747, the largest of all time. Before you go on sale, you're passing tests. These tests will determine, among other things, the distance between a plane and the A380 on airport landings.
The truth is that the A380 generates a relatively large turbulence, as can be seen in the image in a dust test. In practice, with regard to the traffic in an airport, so that this turbulence does not affect the plane that comes behind, we must leave between both a great distance of time and space.
In this sense, the advantage of the competition is: Another plane will land or take off a minute before the A380 after a boeing 747. At the moment that is the decision of ICAO, the International Civil Aviation Organization. Contrary to this decision, Airbus is conducting other tests that show that turbulence does not have as much influence.
Photo: DLR-Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
