Back in the late 90s i took a BA flt BOS-LHR on a 747, first class on
the upper deck. Pilots left the door open the whole flight, taxi,
takeoff, etc. and invited us in to come visit "once it is safe to move
around the cabin." Young pilots too, I was kinda surprised. I sat with
them for quite some time over the North Atlantic looking at stars out
the windows. It was fun.
On the wake turbulence aspect, that is related to lift and how an
airplane wing actually works -- it causes a circulation of air around
the wing when it is developing lift, and that circulating air rolls off
the tip of the wing (you can see the tip vortices when it is humid) and
then turns straight back and expands as it goes further back. You can
see that effect too when a big plane lands as it kicks up dust and stuff
along the runway, then will abruptly stop when lift stops. But that
rotating air persists for quite some time for quite some distance and
can really mess up anything that gets in it. I recall seeing a vid of a
Lear Jet tucking up behind a bigger jet (747 maybe) and then all the
sudden FULL ROLL!!! It was at altitude and the pilot was prepared for
it, so it was a planned maneuver but it was scary crazy to see that.
--FT
On 3/18/17 9:29 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
I remember when I was a kid they used to let you go up to the cockpit. Seems
strange now.
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--FT
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