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eeek!
First of all, Patrick, I enjoy reading your column every week.
Your article this week makes me glad I had my wake turbulence experience at 30,000+ feet and not on approach/takeoff.
Mine happened this last August on a flight to Seattle from Denver. We were somewhere over eastern Washington when we took an abrupt roll to the right, then left, then right again. As I was on the right side of the aircraft, I got a pretty intense look at the ground through my window. I also think a yelp and gasp of surprise were involved.
After we were stable, the pilot (or first officer, I'm hazy on that) came on and explained that, oops, "we got too close to an aircraft travelling ahead of us". Yeah, you think?
Good thing I'm not a nervous flyer.
--Sharon