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That depends on the air conditions. They can disappear almost immediately or last for seconds, minutes, hours and even days.
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How long does a jet white trail last?
Commonly known as a contrail (condensation trail), the white vaporous trail that is visible coming out of jet aircraft is a result of three concurrent events: 1. Hot jet exhaust cooling as it exits the jet engine. 2. Atmospheric moisture (humidity. 3. Particulate matter as residue from the burning of the jet fuel. As the jet exhaust cools, water molecules condense on the minute particles of carbon in the exhaust forming water droplets and visible vapor, which appears as the white trail behind the jet. The length of the trail generally is determined by the relative amount of atmospheric moisture (humidity) present in the plane's path. The more humidity, the longer the contrail, and conversely, the less humidity, the shorter the contrail. As time passes, the contrail disperses. Wind speed at that altitude can affect how long the contrail is visible. More wind will disperse the contrail more quickly.
How do you use the word contrail in a sentence?
The high flying jets left long contrails marking their paths through the sky.
What do you call an airplane smoke trail?
It is called a contrail. The 'con' in contrail is derived from condensation, because mostly, airplane vapour or 'smoke' trails are made of water. Concorde's contrail was the purest with something like 99% of it being water at cruising altitude. As the air is accelerated over the wing, the water vapour present in the ambient air can't stay suspended so it condenses, forming a long thin 'cloud'.
What is the classification for the contrials cloud?
Misspelled it: It's contrail clouds. They're in family A, high altitude clouds. Contrails are made from either airplane exhaust or wingtip vortexes. Wingtip vortexes are essentially a drop in air pressure during flight, which causes a temperature change, which causes mositure to condense. That all leads to contrails. Airplane exhaust simply condenses to form clouds. Contrail clouds last long after the plane has left.
How high are contrail clouds?
1 feet 00
When you see a jet contrail should you hear its sound coming from a spot on its contrail where it was 40 seconds ago?
contrails are water molecules at high altitude due to condensation.
What type of weather do contrail clouds bring?
it bring the rain
What is Another name for plane vapour trail?
Contrail (CONdensation+TRAIL)
Is a contrail formed by dumping fuel from the plane before landing?
A contrail is not caused by dumping fuel from a plane before landing, it occurs as a result of a visible condensation of moisture in the wake of an aircraft, missle, or rocket.
How does a jetliner contrail move sideways at the same rate as clouds are moving while the plane appears to be unaffected by the wind and stays at the front of the contrail?
The jetliner's engine/power keeps it on the desired direction of the flight. That engine/power is designed to be stronger than the winds (most of the time :) and thus the jetliner will look unaffected by them. The contrail on the other hand, once released, is free in the air without any inner force to give it a direction. Therefore the contrail will follow the wind's direction as do the clouds in its vicinity.
Unscramble these letters colritan into a word?
Those letters can be used to spell "contrail".
What is an Aeroplane smoke trail called?
A contrail or a vapor trail. See the related link for confirmation.
