Exhaust trail leaves 45 degree turn, caught on camera.

reply to post by Imtor


Yup, i get you.. the curved bit on the elft is the aricraft descending and turning, then once it had come down and around a bit headed off in that other direction..
very possible too..

A few very good possible methods for this to happen..

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reply to post by Extralien


You have to remember you are looking along the length of the contrail its the perspective that makes you think its a 45 degree turn.

Is it Plymouth England?

reply to post by wmd_2008


yes, Plymouth UK

and yes, I do realize about the perspective as many have already posted. We've even come up with other ways that this could have happend.

Originally posted by Extralien
reply to post by Soloro

 

I was thinking that too, but we'd been on the beach for two hours or so and we heard no figter jets overhead. To make such a turn would require a rather lot of engine power.

Yes, Plymouth does get the occasional, and i mean occasional (3 or 4 times a year), jet go over but nothing like this.

You don't even hear large cicilian aircraft go over as they're way too high alread as can be seen by the new contrail being formed. Concorde was only ever heard by it breaking the sound barrier. Plymouth airport is currently closed and that's only small. Only other aircraft are helicopters.

How do you know how much engine power (qualified pilot?)

Air traffic over the uk.



Contrails can drift over time so may not have happened where you saw it.

Use good old flightradar24 to see aircraft flying over head.

Just a quick snapshot and 1 over plymouth area a few mins ago.

Is it possible it was just distorted by a wind current up there? Or would that have dispersed it?