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Home > Exam Questions > FAA PPL(A) - Private Pilot Airplane > Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds > (Refer to figure 48) ATC instructs you to line up and wait for takeoff on runway 12, while another heavy airplane lands on runway 17R. While waiting on runway 12, you observe the jet touchdown past the runway intersection. How will the vortices affect your takeoff? The winds are from 120° at 5 knots.

1 - FAA PPL(A) USA - (Refer to figure 48) ATC instructs you to line up and wait for takeoff on runway 12, while another heavy airplane lands on runway 17R. While waiting on runway 12, you observe the jet touchdown past the runway intersection. How will the vortices affect your takeoff? The winds are from 120° at 5 knots.

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Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds - (Refer to figure 48) ATC instructs you to line up and wait for takeoff on runway 12, while another heavy airplane lands on runway 17R. While waiting on runway 12, you observe the jet touchdown past the runway intersection. How will the vortices affect your takeoff? The winds are from 120° at 5 knots.

The vortices will rise and stay clear of your path

The vortices will dissipate in the light wind

The vortices will be pushed into your takeoff path

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