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5th August 2022, 12:43 | #1 |
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Just a Plane Observation
I realized today, as it's an interest I have, no aircraft are leaving contrails, at all, when normally they would be created above 31,000 to 39,000 feet. The atmosphere must be bone dry with no moisture
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Down here in East Anglia, I've noticed that the trails are there initially but don't last long.
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To me, it's interesting, still no trails here and that's tracking several aircraft up to 39,000feet.
And just another silly point, I have never seen so many gliders up at one time. Last edited by planenut; 5th August 2022 at 14:50.. |
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Glider pilots search for what they call--UP--but how do they find it with no clouds to show them where it is.----
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They have an instrument in the cockpit that helps, seem to remember that when I went up in a glider whilst in the RAF.
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I think now I remember something about that. By checking the force of gravity they can tell, without external visual aids, whether they are going up or down.
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