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206 Helicopter Wake Vortex Accidents and Incidents + GA News

Aviation News Talk – Pilot Stories, Safety Tips & General Aviation News

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4.8788 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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206 Helicopter Wake Vortex Accidents and Incidents + GA News

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Summary
206 Max talks about airplane accidents caused by helicopter vortices. Pilots should exercise extreme caution near helicopters, especially at low altitudes. Although these kinds of accidents aren't really common, there is about one accident per year. It appears helicopters may churn up air in all directions, and that the location of their wakes may not be quite as predictable of those from airplanes.

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0:00.0

Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk, where we talk General Aviation, with relevant news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe.

0:09.8

I'm Max Ruscott.

0:11.1

Today we'll be talking about helicopter Wake Vortex accidents and incidents in which an aircraft passes through the turbulent air left behind by a helicopter.

0:20.0

And this show was suggested by a listener

0:21.9

who lost a friend last month when he encountered Wake Vortices from a helicopter. Later, we'll

0:27.1

have your listener emails. Last week in episode 205, we talked about a number of seat rail

0:32.2

incidents and accidents involving Cessna and Cirrus aircraft. So if you didn't hear that episode,

0:37.4

you may want to check it out. And so that you don't miss any of ourcraft. So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out.

0:38.8

And so that you don't miss any of our future episodes, if you haven't done so already,

0:42.7

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0:52.3

That way next week's episode will automatically

0:54.2

download to your phone. Thanks so much as it does help us with the rankings. This week in the news,

0:59.7

there are new fuels approved for 75,000 Cessna's. One popular GA aircraft manufacturer is up for sale.

1:07.9

We have a couple of fun stories, including one for Halloween. And finally, a pilot

1:12.6

takes off from a road and hits something that you generally don't want to hit. Fortunately,

1:17.6

he did survive the accident. All this and more, and the news starts now.

1:25.9

From a Textron press release, more environmentally friendly fuels approved for a Cessna Piston powered aircraft.

1:33.5

Textron Aviation announced that many Cessna Piston aircraft are now approved to utilize a more environmentally friendly aviation gasoline.

1:41.2

Owners and operators of Cessna 172 Skyhawks, 182 Skylanes, can utilize 91 octane

1:47.7

unleaded, which is 91 UL, 94 UL, or 100 VLL, very low-led fuel in their aircraft whenever it is

1:56.1

available. The 206 turbo station air aircraft is approved for 100 VLL. Unleaded and lower lead fuels burn cleaner than higher leaded fuels currently used on most piston aircraft.

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