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Old 12-02-2011, 02:35 AM
IvanK IvanK is offline
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Originally Posted by Hellbender View Post
Ever thought that these white lines are exhaust from the plane flying up there at very high altitude ? When sitting inside, you can see the white smoke trail behind your own plane. Just fair enough to see that from below.

I mean that :
http://www.leedskent.org.uk/images/g...over_leeds.jpg
They are not for 2 reasons.

1. We were well below the COD Contrail level.
2. We flew right up to them and the trail is vertical and stationary.
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