which plane?
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From: The Left Lane
It has more to do with climate at altitude.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrails
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrai...trail_creation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrails
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrai...trail_creation
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They're called contrails, short for condensation trails which are left behind from the exhaust of the engines, the vapor condenses immediately when it hits such air with a drastically lower temperature.