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Old 22nd Oct 2012, 00:19
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pointed UP? you won't top the clouds at your present altitude
If you ever get to fly a jet (maybe you do?) If you see approaching jet contrails and wonder whether the jet is above or below look at the contrails

If its dark grey its below your level if its pure white its above.

I would have thought the other way around looking underneith the trails grey but bathed in light from above white? But not the case!

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