answersLogoWhite

0

The aircraft normally fly at above 30,000 feet where the air is always ultra cold and very thin. The thin air reduces the amount of resistance to the aircraft moving through it and the engine's large compressor is able to compact that thin air sufficiently to get optimum combustion conditions and thus form vapor trail.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Why you see smoke of high flying airplanes?

That line of smoke is called a vapor trail. You can still see it on low flying planes, but it must be a jet plane.


What a vapour trail is?

A vapor trail, also known as a contrail, is a visible line of condensed water vapor created by the exhaust of an aircraft flying at high altitudes. When the hot, humid air from the engines mixes with the colder atmosphere, it can form ice crystals, resulting in the trail we see behind the aircraft. These trails can vary in appearance and duration, depending on atmospheric conditions such as temperature and humidity.


What is an Aeroplane smoke trail called?

A contrail or a vapor trail. See the related link for confirmation.


What does a vapour trail consist of?

A vapor trail, or contrail, consists primarily of water vapor produced by aircraft engines. When the hot exhaust gases from the engines mix with the cold atmosphere at high altitudes, the water vapor condenses and freezes, forming ice crystals. These trails can persist and spread out depending on atmospheric conditions, creating visible streaks in the sky. In some cases, they may also contain small amounts of pollutants from the aircraft.


What is Another name for plane vapour trail?

Another name for a plane vapor trail is a contrail, short for condensation trail. Contrails are formed when water vapor from the engine exhaust of an aircraft condenses into ice crystals due to the cold temperatures at high altitudes.


What is snow and how is it produced?

Snow is frozen water vapor. It is produced when water vapor in the air is turned solid by the freezing temperature.


What is smoke from a airplane made of?

Carbon monoxide and other left overs from combustion. However, the trail you see behind a plane flying high up is called the contrail, and it consists of water vapor that freezes behind the plane.


What substance is produced when hydrogen is burned?

Water vapor.


What is it called when water vapor is produced by heat?

steam


What is produced when liquid changes to gas?

water vapor


What is part 3 of Kinnell's poem Vapor Trail Reflected in the Frog Pond about?

the casualties in vietnam


What is a the tail of a comet made of?

A comet usually has two tails, though only one - the vapor trail - is commonly seen from earth (the other is a gas trail). It is made of vapor blown off from the comet by the solar wind - it is mostly water vapor, but contains many other molecular substances, too - ammonia, cyanide, methane, etc.