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Almost all aircraft flying in the high, cold sky leave contrails. These are trails of hot air from engines running in very cold air. In World War 2 the bombers going up high in early mornings left very visible trails.
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What do you call the long streams jet planes leave in the sky?
Contrails (short for "condensation trails") or vapour trails are artificial clouds that are the visible trails of condensed water vapour made by the exhaust of aircraft engines. As the hot exhaust gases cool in the surrounding air they may precipitate a cloud of microscopic water droplets. If the air is cold enough, this trail will comprise tiny ice crystals.
What do you call the tracks in the sky from airplanes?
Condensation trails or 'con trails'.
What is the name of white trail in the sky that planes leave behind?
the government is honeslty trying to posion us.. its called a chem trail.
Why do certain planes emit visible gaseous trails in the sky while others do not?
It has more to do with the air conditions than the planes. All planes give off exhaust from their engines. This contains carbon dioxide and monoxide, some nitrogen oxides and lots of water. The water is emitted as a gas (steam) that under the right cold and humidity conditions condenses into tiny water droplets and these very quickly freeze into very fine ice. These conditions are found more commonly in the upper atmosphere, so high flying planes tend to leave contrails (condensation trails) Low flying planes emit the same exhaust, but in the warmer air at lower altitudes the water content does not turn to water and ice droplets - it remains as an invisible gas.
Why do planes leave white lines in sky?
What you see is not smoke- they are contrails- short for condensation trails. The air is extremely cold at that altitude, the exhaust is hot, and contains a great deal of water vapor. When it comes in contact with the cold air, it condenses, and becomes visible, like fog or clouds. Ever see the "steam" roll out of the bathroom after a hot shower? Same idea.
What are fighter planes?
they are planes that go above in the sky during war and drop bomb.....
Where do planes fly?
plane fly in sky
What flies in the sky?
planes birds stars and what not
Can pigs fly up in the sky?
No only on planes.
What kind of plane leave a white trail in the sky?
They are called con-trail or contrails, short for condensation trial, they occur when the warm moist from the jet engines enters in contact with the cold air.Also, contrails can be generated on the wingtips, when the air flows over the wing, it travels further and therefore it speed up, causing the pressure drop, wich will cause any water vapor suspended in the air to condensate and form into a cloud.
What is another name for a planes tail smoke?
Actual smoke would be known as exhaust. The lines in the sky that follow a high-flying jet, however, are known as condensation or "con" trails. They are not smoke but condensation in the atmosphere caused by the disruption of the air by the airplane's passage.
Are lights in the sky planes or what?
If the lights are moving, it is most likely they are planes. If the lights are not moving, it is most likely they are stars.
