Discussion
Outboard of the wing tips, beyond the trailing vortex cores, the induced flow is
Answer: B
The vortex pair induces downward flow between the tips and upward flow outside them. This upwash is what a trailing aircraft in echelon formation can exploit, and it is the reason migrating birds fly in a V: each bird sits in the upwash field of the one ahead and reduces its own induced drag.
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