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First of all, its not smoke. Its Vapor! Since its so cold when you fly at 35,000FT, and the engines are so hot, you get vapor.

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The contrails are mostly water vapor, when the exhaust exits the engines it raises the relative humidity, this water vapor condenses and then freezes leaving a trail behind.

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