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Old 28th Aug 2008, 07:08
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Generally we can treat airflow around the aircraft as approximating an adiabatic process. Temperature follows pressure ... pressure drop gives a temperature drop ... relative humidity increases ... if the dewpoint is achieved we see fogging .. all happens in the blink of an eye.
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