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Originally posted by JBTECH71
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
So now contrails are not the result of hot exhaust gasses from the engines, but of aerodynamic lift from the wings???
"Aerodynamic contrails are independent of exhaust contrail formation. Whereas exhaust contrails need cold conditions to form, aerodynamic contrails probably form under warmer conditions (i.e. lower altitudes) and may be complimentary forms of contrails.
Usually one observes them under humid conditions near the ground where they are short–lived phenomena. Aerodynamic contrails appear also in cruise levels where they may persist when the ambient atmosphere is ice–supersaturated. In the present paper we present a theoretical investigation of aerodynamic contrails
in the upper troposphere.
Looking at the altitude of the video, would you guess the temperature to be warm? No, VERY cold at that altitude.
Keep trying.
Aerodynamic contrails appear also in cruise levels where they may persist when the ambient atmosphere is ice–supersaturated. In the present paper we present a theoretical investigation of aerodynamic contrails in the upper troposphere.
Talk about contradiction. Here we have: (Aerodynamic contrails appear also in cruise levels where they may persist when the ambient atmosphere is ice–supersaturated). According to whom?