InfinityLimited » airport http://blog.infinitylimited.net Random bits of stuff I found the need to write down. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:40:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Considerations for Jet-Blast http://blog.infinitylimited.net/2010/04/20/considerations-for-jet-blast http://blog.infinitylimited.net/2010/04/20/considerations-for-jet-blast#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:43:50 +0000 Jake http://blog.infinitylimited.net/?p=1079 When looking at the FAA Advisory Circular 150/5300-13 to see what the rules are about installing equipment next to a runway, I found this little gem:

A jet engine operating at maximum thrust is capable of lifting a 2 foot (0.6 m) boulder, located 35 feet (10m) behind the airplane completely off the ground.

That’s a big boulder!

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