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The white trails left behind jets are known as contrails.

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The heat of the engines, especially jets, leaves a trail of white condensation in the cold atmosphere.


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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.


Do only military jets fly high enough to leave vapor trails?

No. If you live in the US, most of the vapor trails you see on any given day are the products of civilian jetliners, not military aircraft.


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