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Faas virginia regional radar facility allowed the first ladys plane to get too close to air force c-17 cargo plane in front of it. now the faa requires a separation of five miles between planes at that lore altitude because of the turbulence over the wings, the wing tip vortices. civilian controller told the military controller at andrews that the distance between the two was four miles but that was inaccurate. in fact, the distance was just over three miles. the andrews controller instructed th...

Faas virginia regional radar facility allowed the first ladys plane to get too close to air force c-17 cargo plane in front of it. now the faa requires a separation of five miles between planes at that lore altitude because of the turbulence over the wings, the wing tip vortices. civilian controller told the military controller at andrews that the distance between the two was four miles but that was inaccurate. in fact, the distance was just over three miles. the andrews controller instructed th...